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Linux on the iMac G4

Posted by timothy on from the swivelly-goodness dept.

Brent Foster writes: "The staff at iMacLinux.net have Linux running on the new flat panel iMac G4s. They have an initial installation guide available here(1). It has several photos of the iMac G4 during the installation as well as cat /proc/cpuinfo. They also have some photos of the unpacking available here(2). The iMac was sponsored by PowerMax, it is nice to see companies sponsoring Linux efforts, especially in the Apple world." John Buswell adds: "It currently works in novideo mode, but we plan on testing newer kernels and XFree 4.2 with nvidia patches later this week."

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  1. DFW #1 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Just no stopping Dead Fart warrior!

  2. Is this a first post? by grondak · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I think it is!

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  3. you suck#$*!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    fp whores!^*(@

  4. frost stip by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    frost spit

  5. Re:How completely totally absurd. by ywwg · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    the TOP THREE modded comments are all "why would anyone do this?" in varying degrees of trolliness. If there's one problem with the moderation system, it's that many many points are wasted (in this case 10) on duplicate comments.

  6. Linux iMac G4s by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Imagine a Beowolf Cluster of THESE!!!