Re: apple prevented freebsd on apple hardware?

> On Feb 14, 2025, at 16:53, Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> wrote:
> 
> On Friday, 14 February 2025 at  8:32:44 +0000, Mayuresh Kathe wrote:
>> is it true that apple issued a veiled threat to freebsd to prevent
>> a port to apple hardware?
> 
> To the best of my knowledge, no.  FreeBSD does not run on Apple
> hardware, because that's not our emphasis, but NetBSD does.
> 
> I do recall some contact from Apple decades ago.  My memory is hazy,
> but I think they were asking us not to include a port that replicated
> Apple's GUI look and feel.  It seems that they were more generally
> successful there, since I'm not aware of any such port any more.
> 

I have been running FreeBSD on Apple Mini's and desktops for years.  However, recently the newest units include that Microsoft restricted boot that won't boot anything that isn't signed by Apple.  That can be turned off, but it is a PITA.  My current Mini servers are between 10 and 13 years old.  While they are still running just fine, I am starting to replace them with Raspberry Pi 5's.  

-- Doug