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Mandrake Linux 8.0 Final Released For PPC

Posted by timothy on from the ibooks-look-ever-sweeter dept.

rstewart points to this press release, writing: "Mandrake has released version 8.0 final for the PPC architecture. Now Mac users have a choice of distributions between Mandrake and Yellow Dog. Now if only we could easily buy parts and build them cheap in our basements. " And PPC choices already include SuSE, LinuxPPC, Debian, NetBSD and more.

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  1. Not for newbies by jchristopher · · Score: 4, Insightful
    As a newbie, let me just say that if you are just getting started with Linux, PowerPPC is not the place to go. You should stick with x86.

    There are just too many flaky things needed on various systems... whereas with RedHat 7.1 it was boot off the cd and you're done.

    I know someone will post about how the cds are bootable on Mac, too, and they are, but it just isn't the same. On the old world macs you have to make a fake system folder on a partition... it's a big old mess.

    Newbies have enough to worry about without throwing PPC specific issues into the mix - if you have experience, however, PPC is a nice platform.