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LinuxPPC 2000 Update

Posted by Hemos on from the cool-beans dept.

Ryan writes: "LinuxPPC 2000 Q4 includes the "first graphical versions of the yaboot and miboot boot software" and the installation CD-ROM is now "bootable on all PCI-based Apple Power Macintosh computers, including the dual processor G4, the G4 Cube, and the FireWire PowerBook" (previous versions would only boot on older Macs)." They've got a press release up and everything.

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  1. Who said is was just for "Mac"? by macdaddy · · Score: 4
    LinuxPPC also runs on a large number of RS/6000's, Amigas, Tivo, and others. You should probably check into it before you starting spouting shit about Macs and LinuxPPC.

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  2. Re:os X by dbarclay10 · · Score: 4

    Well, I hate to argue this, because it all depends on one's definition of UNIX.

    "A layer buried deep under Aqua"

    Hahahaha! :) How long does it take someone to get a shell, after it's been installed? Two seconds? Three? Doesn't seem terribly buried to me. XFree86 has already been ported. GCC already works. What more do you want.

    "can be made to compile"

    That makes it sound like you've got to absolutely FORCE things to compile, with endless tweaking and modifications. Frankly, by the time OSX is released, there will be relatively little pain in porting over apps(at least those apps that took any amount of portability into concern).

    I'm sorry, but you must not know what you're talking about. There is a huge, massive, big-ass UNIX layer under Aqua. Just because you can't figure out how to get to it doesn't mean it's "not even UNIX like" nor "deep under".

    Sorry.

    Dave

    Barclay family motto:
    Aut agere aut mori.
    (Either action or death.)

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    Barclay family motto:
    Aut agere aut mori.
    (Either action or death.)