Mandrake 8.2 for PowerPC is Out

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."

Comments

Re:OSX, Linux, BSD

[b_pretender]

Not if you are a Linux/Apple owner with a G4! Why would they have G3 optimizations rather than G4 optimizations? I was under the opinion that the G3 was *very* similar to a PowerPC chip. The G4 is the chip that has the extra stuff added that might be *optimized* for.

Also, does this support my TiBook 667? Most Linux distro's do not support the newer TiBook's Radeon Video card. I've heard of many headache's from people who have funky resolutions and what not since the card is not supported.

Please answer my questions!!

Choice is Good

[Niherlas]

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!

Re:Choice is Good

[Niherlas]

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...

Re:Non-Apple PowerPC Support?

[Toraz Chryx]

I wonder if it'll work on an AmigaOne G3-SE

Remember debian.

[Anonymous Coward]

It seems that lots of people on slashdot think that YelloDog and LinuxPPC (and now mandrake) are the only PPC distors available. Dont forget: Debian runs on PPC, and it's good.

Gentoo Linux

[Order]

Don't forget that Gentoo Linux runs on PPC. Gentoo is an excellent, modern Linux distribution with a package system similar to portage. It has been reviewed a few times on /. and is quickly gaining popularity.

Re:kde 3

[Danious]

It's the PPC version of Mandrakes i586 release, which came out before KDE3 had it's final release. Mandrake may like the leading edge, but not the bleeding edge. It wasn't stable enough and they weren't prepared to wait. KDE3 is available for download, but still has a few packaging bugs to be shaken out.

Next version will be good: KDE3, Gnome 2, GCC 3.1, LSB compliant.

Re:KDE3 and Yellowdog

[feldsteins]

I didn't have any problems with doing a quick:
rpm -e `rpm -qa |egrep ^kde` --force --nodeps
and then from the kde3 download dir:
rpm -Uvh --force --nodeps *rpm


ROTFL!

Good grief! I seriously mean no disrespect to you or to the good people at Yellow Dog or KDE...but the above quote truly exemplifies why Linux doesn't have any desktop presence to speak of. I myself installed YDL on my TiBook last weekend and was seriously shocked at how ...rudimentary..the installation, configuration and UI (KDE and Gnome) was. My hat is off to the hardworking Linux developers. I believe in what they're doing. But I am desperatlely hoping that they grab the holy grail of consumer usability sometime soon. I can tell you they're not there yet.

Re:OSX, Linux, BSD

[Gehenna_Gehenna]

I must say OSX is a wonderful OS when you compare it to windows, but it doesn't come close to a BSD or GNU/Linux running a suite of development applications under X

Thus the phrase:

Linux for development
Mac for production
Palm for mobility
Windows for Solitaire