First Beta Of Mandrake Linux 8.2 For PPC

belbo writes "On Friday, an article on MandrakeForum announced the immediate availability of the first beta of Mandrake Linux 8.2 for PPC. Apart from the features of the upcoming 8.2 release for i586, this beta offers network installation via AirPort, an AppleScript wrapper for passing parameters to BootX, a patched 2.4.17 kernel, support for 1394, support for Radeon/Riva cards (via XFree 4.2) and more." Great news. I run Yellow Dog Linux for PPC boxes, but am still waiting for a good Linux for PPC release that does everything well, and out of the box. Maybe this is the one?

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Cool!

[Otter]

I spent a couple of weeks trying to get any Linux up on a Radeon TiBook. Mandrake, Debian and SuSe all failed at various points. Yellow Dog got to where I at least had a functioning system and could then upgrade the kernel and XFRee to get a usable -- hell, a terrific system. Audio CD playing still requires hacking, though, arts and ESD don't work and it looks like the modem won't be usable for a while.

It sounds like the new Mandrake is intended to be TiBook-ready. If anyone tries it on a laptop soon enough to post, I'd be very interested to hear how the installation went and what kind of multimedia support you got.