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Two Shots In The Arm For PPC Linux

Posted by timothy on from the sore-arm dept.

pinqkandi writes: "SuSE Linux 7.3 PowerPC Edition has now gone into distribution. New for this version are more USB drivers, and improved memory management, among other things. It is now based on Kernel 2.4.12 and glibc 2.2.4. For $79.95 you get it and 2000+ apps on 8 CDs, 550 pages of documentation, and 60 days of tech support." Read on for another nice turn for PPC users with an itch for Free software.

If updated PPC distributions interest you, this might too: DocTomoe writes: "The staff at iMacLinux have put together one of the largest PowerPC specific Linux resources. The new site called TuxPPC covers all PowerPC hardware. The site is aimed at not just people with Macs who want to try Linux, but at Linux users who might be interested in getting into the PowerPC platform."guides and web forums, too.

So when will Mandrake release 8.1 for PPC?

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  1. Two shots in the ARM? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Two shots in the ARM? I thought this was about PowerPC.....

  2. PPC by Elbereth · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yeah, so where do I buy a PPC motherboard and CPU?

    1. Re:PPC by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

      I think Apple sells them. They come with a lot of extra stuff, though.

    2. Re:PPC by Alan+Partridge · · Score: 2, Funny

      There's also a small outfit called IMB or something that has some PPC gear...

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  3. Re:Try Yellowdog by rograndom · · Score: 3, Funny
    (installer didn't install yaboot properly, I had to fix it myself). I'd recommend it to anyone wanting to run Linux on their Mac...

    Well, except for people who who can't fix yaboot, right?

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