[wplug] The Great Mac Giveaway

[Rod Person]

I had planned to run either NetBSD or OpenBSD.  I have a G4 mac mini
that is running FreeBSD for a few years now but it was only used as a
db server and to burn CDs. I've been running FreeBSD on different
machines since 1997 and used it as a exclusive home desktop for about
the last 10 years. Which is why although I been on this list for
years I don't respond to many things.

Unfortunately something has come up so I'm not sure I will be able to
make it today to pick up the machine I requested.



On Wed, 15 Oct 2014 23:53:54 -0400
Dave Sevick <dsevick at computerreach.org> wrote:

> Thanks for this thread.  Our Apple team worked with Mark Dalrymple
> and Vance K and other WPLUG folks back in 2010 at one of the
> installfests ...trying to get earlier G3 macs to run Linux with not
> much success.  I would like to see what happens with your
> installs.  We opted to just stick with OS X 10.4.11 Tiger on G3, G4
> and G5 Macs ... very reliable OS.
> 
> For Intel based Macs we standardized on 10.6.8 Snow Leopard, also
> very stable and reliable.
> 
> When possible we use 10.9.5 Mavericks on iMacs.  But in donation
> channels any computers that will run a OS that new are still held
> by the public.
> 
> I'l be away this weekend, unfortunately, but will swing by Monday
> to talk with Justin.
> 
> Dave
> Apple Support Specialist
> Computer Reach
> 
> 
> 
> On Oct 14, 2014, at 9:46 PM, Justin Smith <justin at adminix.net>
> wrote:
> 
> >> I could provide some help with Debian (and a little with Ubuntu).
> >> If enough people express interest, maybe there'll be an
> >> installfest for this.
> > 
> > That's certainly a possibility. We've got the room on Saturday
> > from 10:00 - 2:00, but the meeting will only go from 11:00 -
> > 1:00. There's an extra hour at each end.
> > 
> > It would have to be on Saturday, though - everything must go by
> > early next week. Our storage closet is so full that you literally
> > can't even enter the room any longer. I will give away what I can
> > by the 18th, and any remainders will be donated to Computereach. 
> > 
> > So how about it? Should we do an impromptu Mac InstallFest at
> > Pittsburgh Filmmakers? I could try to reserve one of the
> > classrooms so that people wouldn't have to bring monitors,
> > keyboards, and mice.
> > 
> > -- 
> > *Justin Smith*
> > GNU/Linux System Administrator
> > 
> > /"Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent
> > will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with
> > talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb.
> > Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts."/
> > 
> > /-Calvin Coolidge/
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Rod

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He who knows himself to be one way and pretends it is another way is a
thief who robs his own soul.

  The Mahabharata
     Sakuntala 25