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:
- 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 revocery 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
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://frank.gwc.org.uk/~ali//nb/ MacOS Classic] netboot
- Zeroconf broadcasting of CUPS using Avahi