Re: Freebsd on M1 Macs

From: Joe B <jcb2023az_at_gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2023 22:16:02 UTC 
Nov 26, 2023 2:04:56 PM Jason Bacon <bacon4000@gmail.com>:

> On 11/26/23 13:22, Joe B wrote:
>> I know this is a longshot but I'm going to ask I know MacOS is a BSD but we all know it's very sugarcoated and doesn't look like a BSD.
>> Question will real freeBSD ever come to the m1 Mac's. I got a 16 inch mbp with good specs just taking up space right now
>> Thanks
>> ~ Joe B
>
> I assume you've seen https://wiki.freebsd.org/AppleSilicon.  Not sure how up-to-date it is.  The wikis tend to lag behind reality in my experience.
>
> I have run FreeBSD under UTM (Qemu with a GUI).  It worked OK, but I wasn't able to get better than 800x600 graphics, and it seemed to cause the host macOS to drop network connections.
>
> --
> Life is a game.  Play hard.  Play fair.  Have fun.

Got it.

First time seeing that page. Looks like it's going to take a while. I won't hold my breath.

Thanks again

~ Joe B