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Terra Soft Ships Macs with Linux Preinstalled

Posted by pudge on from the gimme-gimme-some-lovin dept.

dhovis writes "Do you think the Xserve is cool, but you wish it ran Linux? Well, MacCentral is reporting that Terra Soft Solutions, an Apple 'Value Added Reseller,' is now shipping Macs. They are offering several new Macs with Yellow Dog Linux preinstalled now, and are promising the Xserve will be available soon." They are currently shipping Power Mac G4s, iBooks, and iMacs, as well as AirPort cards. See the Terra Soft Store for more information.

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  1. Hmmm by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    Do you think the Xserve is cool, but you wish it ran Linux?

    No.

    No.

    However, I wish Linux ran, period.

  2. Not on a server for the love of god. by BoomerSooner · · Score: 1, Funny

    Whoops that last reboot went to OS X instead of YDL so our webserver is down.

  3. Re:It's a good idea, if you want to waste your Mac by Hobbex · · Score: 2, Funny

    You didn't say the magic words:

    "I'll be modded down for this."

    (btw, I'll be modded down for pointing this out.)

  4. But by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Could someone sell me a mac with a 3 button mouse pre installed

  5. Re:price time * Timecost by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
    The drives have been increased to 80MB on the desktop models, etc.

    Because everyone knows that you'll never need more than 80MB.....

    Do you really want to deal with a company that leaves a typo like that on their order page?

  6. Re:There can be reasons by laserjet · · Score: 3, Funny

    Isn't this arguement not even relevant? I heard on slashdot that BSD had died.

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    Moon Macrosystems. Sun's biggest competitor.