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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?

2 of 162 comments (clear)

  1. Re:PPC by Graymalkin · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    That's so fucking funny. If I only had mod points...

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    I'm a loner Dottie, a Rebel.
  2. Re:PPC by Elbereth · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    I think I'd rather buy a 64 bit DEC Alpha motherboard and CPU than spend $1000+ on an Apple system. Oh well.