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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."

3 of 29 comments (clear)

  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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    -- Niherlas
  2. Remember debian. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Informative

    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.

  3. Re:kde 3 by Danious · · Score: 4, Informative

    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.