First Beta Of Mandrake Linux 8.2 For PPC

Posted by pudge on Tuesday February 26, 2002 @05:38AM from the but-i-run-linux-on-virtualpc dept.

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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An honest to God inquiry by Anonymous Coward · 2002-02-26 05:52 · Score: -1, Redundant

What does any breed of PPC linux offer now, that OS X doesn't? I can understand that you may want to run a different window manager, or run X stuff, but the ports are almost all ready to go from X windows to running under Aqua, whethere it be via rootless XF86 or other means. Am I missing something that's obvious here?