Debian for use in Macintosh environments
Debian GNU/Linux is powerful for many things. One of them is working together with Macintosh systems.
- Debian workstations working together with Macintosh workstations
- Debian providing services for Macintosh workstations
- Debian workstations using Macintosh services
- Debian bridging Macintosh and Windows workstations.
- Debian skins to look like a Macintosh
This page tries to collect and organize info on the many ways Debian can interact with Macintosh.
Metapackages
One goal is a set of metapackages officially inside Debian, as a ?DDD:
- macos-net-services - network services relevant for Macintosh workstations
- macos-tools - tools to deal with Macintosh-specific data
- macos-desktop - make your Debian workstation look more like a Macintosh
- macos-dev - tools to help port Debian software to Macintosh
Packages
netatalk - Apple Filesharing server
libnss-mdns - Zeroconf resolving
sleuthkit - data recovery supporting mac partitions
gnu-fdisk - fdisk with support for mac partitions
epstool - extract or generate Mac-specific EPS preview image
airport-utils - administration utilities for Airport base stations
qemu - generic computer emulator
basilisk2 - 68k Macintosh emulator
hfsutils - Tools for reading and writing Macintosh volumes
hfsprogs - mkfs and fsck for HFS and HFS+ file systems (deprecated?)
fondu - convert between Mac and UNIX font formats
avant-window-navigator - MacOS X like panel for GNOME
icnsutils - utilities for manipulating Mac OS icns files
dmg2img - Tool for converting compress dmg files to hfsplus images
Tweaks
BSDP using ISC DHCP - MacOS X (and maybe also MacOS Classic netboot