= 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 ==

  * DebianPts:netatalk - Apple Filesharing server
  * DebianPts:libnss-mdns - Zeroconf resolving
  * DebianPts:sleuthkit - data recovery supporting mac partitions
  * DebianPts:gnu-fdisk - fdisk with support for mac partitions
  * DebianPts:epstool - extract or generate Mac-specific EPS preview image
  * DebianPts:airport-utils - administration utilities for Airport base stations
  * DebianPts:qemu - generic computer emulator
  * DebianPts:basilisk2 - 68k Macintosh emulator
  * DebianPts:hfsutils - Tools for reading and writing Macintosh volumes
  * DebianPts:hfsprogs - mkfs and fsck for HFS and HFS+ file systems (deprecated?)
  * DebianPts:fondu - convert between Mac and UNIX font formats
  * DebianPts:avant-window-navigator - MacOS X like panel for GNOME
  * DebianPts:icnsutils - utilities for manipulating Mac OS icns files
  * DebianPts:dmg2img - Tool for converting compress dmg files to hfsplus images

== Tweaks ==

  * [[https://www.math.ohio-state.edu/wiki/administration/macosx/netboot/bsdp_with_isc_dhcp|BSDP using ISC DHCP]] - MacOS X (and maybe also [[http://web.archive.org/web/20100616031251/http://frank.gwc.org.uk/~ali/nb/|MacOS Classic]] netboot

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