Sam Lawrance http://blogs.freebsdish.org/lawrance Just another Bsdblogs.droso.org weblog Wed, 25 Oct 2006 10:58:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 en FreeBSD on Intel Mac Mini http://blogs.freebsdish.org/lawrance/2006/10/25/freebsd-on-intel-mac-mini/ http://blogs.freebsdish.org/lawrance/2006/10/25/freebsd-on-intel-mac-mini/#comments Wed, 25 Oct 2006 10:54:36 +0000 lawrance http://blogs.freebsdish.org/lawrance/2006/10/25/freebsd-on-intel-mac-mini/ The last computer I bought for myself was a 1GHz Celeron, so I decided on the weekend that it was time for a new one. I went out shopping and returned home with a 1.83GHz dual core Intel Mac Mini. I had a G4 Mini through Uni at one stage, and this one mostly feels the same.

I ran FreeSBIE LVC on it last night (install Boot Camp, restart, hold down Option, choose ‘Windows’) without any fuss. Ten minutes of intensive ;-) testing indicated that the important stuff works fine. It is equipped with an Atheros wireless card which will be useful if I run FreeBSD on it more often. I haven’t tried installing to the hard disk yet, too chicken :-)

]]> http://blogs.freebsdish.org/lawrance/2006/10/25/freebsd-on-intel-mac-mini/feed/ Let’s get started http://blogs.freebsdish.org/lawrance/2006/10/11/lets-get-started/ http://blogs.freebsdish.org/lawrance/2006/10/11/lets-get-started/#comments Wed, 11 Oct 2006 12:49:47 +0000 lawrance http://blogs.freebsdish.org/lawrance/2006/10/11/lets-get-started/ It has been a busy year for me. At the start of the year I decided that I needed a break from university. That meant finding decent work, and through some past contacts (it really is all about who you know) I landed a pretty nice job in the Hunter Valley. Starting from the beginning of this month I now have a permanent position with the same company, which is pretty cool.

One of the realities of the environment I work in is a move to standardise on the Windows platform. This effectively means that I can’t run a FreeBSD machine at work – which means that any time I spend using or contributing to FreeBSD happens entirely in my spare time. Over the past 6 months or so my contributions have been next to nothing. In fact I have been quite slack with some PRs, which I know is not fair on our submitters. It’s a balancing act that I need to work on. The first thing I need to do is dispatch my current PRs. After that I want to get back into regular ports work, with a couple of goals:

  • always give submitters an idea of when they can expect action on a PR (feedback or a commit)

  • provide that action within a reasonable timeframe, or follow up with any notes and unlock the PR for someone else

Today I pitched an idea for our next meeting of the BSD User Group Sydney (BUGS) – documentation work :-) The idea is to find some documentation that we can improve, and work on it as a group – probably over lunch and a beer. I like this as an activity because it’s social, and everyone can contribute in some way. BUGS is only a small group, but I received some positive feedback on IRC so I’m hopeful we can pull it off. If it goes ahead, I would like to find a doc committer to sponsor us by providing fast feedback and commits.

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