Now, if only macOS still had the ability to drop to a Darwin shell without a GUI...

MarsIronPI · 2026-03-28T13:55:17 1774706117

But why MacOS then? If you take away the interface what differentiates Darwin from FreeBSD or GNU?

BirAdam · 2026-03-28T14:29:57 1774708197

That it will actually run on Apple Silicon.

TBH, I would love to install GNU or BSD on my M4 Max Mac Studio. What I really wanted is a modern UNIX workstation. My Studio’s price/performance was the best available, so that’s what I bought. Now, I am happy with that purchase except for the constant diminution in software quality from Apple.

esseph · 2026-03-28T18:00:02 1774720802

If I could buy modern apple hardware and run the Linux of my choice, I probably would. I have 0 interest in the apple ecosystem.

MarsIronPI · 2026-03-28T18:26:54 1774722414

I wish I could get an Apple SoC in a 2013 Thinkpad chassis.

komali2 · 2026-03-28T14:14:34 1774707274

Performance on apple chipsets!

gf000 · 2026-03-28T19:58:52 1774727932

Yeah, why stick to the inferior kernel used by macs with a worse package manager? Like something like nix is just superior in every sense.

krackers · 2026-03-28T18:32:19 1774722739

On intel macs there used to be single user mode, but even then I don't think you ever had control over the framebuffer.