[Foss-cafe] Greetings!

[Steven Hatfield]

>
>>         On the computer front, since the last time this list was very
>> exciting, I also became a full time Mac user...
>

There is quite a bit of FOSS that has been ported to Mac OS X, using  
MacPorts (neé DarwinPorts) and Fink... so the Mac is not entirely a  
closed platform.

I have a (2x3Ghz) Mac Pro that I use as my primary desktop and I like  
the idea that I can "dial it in", if I want.  I just reinstalled my  
system a couple of weeks ago (added a 2nd 500GB HDD and striped my  
Tiger) so right now I'm 100% "Mac software", which seems to suite me  
ok.  I do want to get nmap back, so I'll be installing MacPorts again  
soon.

I have a 2nd Mac (A 2x2Ghz PowerMac G5) that is running loads of  
FOSS: File, Print, Mail and Web servers, etc.  It is the host for  
"www.knightswood.net" and "www.lacasacontenta.net".  It's  
unbelievably stable, I haven't had a problem with that machine,  
either software or hardware, in 3 years.

I have a 3rd Mac (A 400Mhz PowerMac G4) whose job it is to just play  
music throughout the house via Airport Express and AirTunes.  I  
bought it in Oct 1999, and have not had a single problem with the  
machine, other than a HDD crash about 4 years ago.  My wife used it  
as her primary machine for over 3 years, until I bought the Mac Pro  
and replaced it with the G5.  She couldn't believe how much faster  
the G5 was than the G4.  I couldn't believe that she didn't complain  
about the slowness of the G4 sooner ;-)

Are there any other Mac users on the list, and to what extent have  
you used FOSS that has been ported to it?

Do you prefer Fink or MacPorts?

Cheers,
-Steven
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