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Mandrake 8.2 for PowerPC is Out

Posted by pudge on from the so-many-linuces-so-little-hardware dept.

ulbador writes "From the Linux Mandrake PPC site: Mandrake Linux 8.2 PPC is now available for Macintosh users. This newest release offers G3 optimization, user-friendly configuration tools, and the most up-to-date software. Visit your local mirror."

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  1. Choice is Good by Niherlas · · Score: 3, Insightful

    But remember, not only is it good to exercise choice - it's also good to encourage the proliferation of choice. (Huh?)

    If you like Mandrake's work at providing a feature-rich Linux distro for the Mac, be sure to give 'em some money (ie, consider buying some CDs) so they'll see reason to keep up the excellent work!

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    1. Re:Choice is Good by Niherlas · · Score: 2, Insightful

      Apple makes the lion's share of their profits from selling hardware, not software, so additional operating system choices only increase the number of potential customers.

      The only way it could negatively impact Apple's bottom line is by lengthening the upgrade cycle; a useable Linux system is less resource-intensive than a tricked-out OSX system, thus keeping "older" Macs in use longer rather than requiring the users to buy new hardware. Even then, one could argue that those "older Mac" users are people who wouldn't have the money for a newer system anyways - so it simply increases the number of Macs in use.

      On second thought, an exceptionally strong Linux presence on Mac might pull some open source development muscle away from OS X development. But that kind of impact would be several years in the making...

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