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Terra Soft Reveals Linux/PPC Hardware Solution

Posted by pudge on from the only-if-i-can-get-it-in-teal-or-raspberry dept.

Gentu writes "OSNews features an article revealing a new product from Terra Soft, makers of the popular PPC Linux distribution Yellow Dog Linux, which effectively enables YDL to run on its own platform. Terra Soft is offering a motherboard and a complete PC based on the 600MHz G3 (G4 is also planned). This is of course still PPC, but it ain't a Mac. However, the article hints that it might be technically possible to run Mac OS and Mac OS X via Mac-On-Linux." Prices start at about $500, with 1U rackmounts starting at $870.

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  1. Re:OS X by anothermortal · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Macs are only expensive if you buy the Dual Processor models, or the UberCool G4 Titanium Powerbook (portable space heater). Recall the recent price drop on the iBooks? The low-end model is only $999. Add a bit for some extra RAM, and you have a nice, decent Mac OSX box for home. iBooks are inexpensive, and I believe, a good deal when compared to similar priced PC laptops.

  2. From the MOL FAQ by pwagland · · Score: 5, Interesting
    Q: Does MOL run on non-Apple hardware?

    A: It does. MOL runs for instance on the Pegasos board, the Teron board and on AmigaOne hardware. In short, MOL should run on any PowerPC hardware (with the except of 601-based systems). However, the EULA of MacOS prohibits its usage on non-Apple hardware (it is of course perfectly legal to use MOL to boot a second Linux though).

    This means it might be technically possible to run MACOS on this thing, but it is also technically illegal!
  3. FYI by wilburdg · · Score: 5, Interesting
    As an employee of Terra Soft I thought I'd let you know a little tidbit of information. Our server, which is handling the /.ing just fine (and has an uptime of 248 days) is actually running 200MHz slower than these Boxer systems. It is an old Beige G3 tower running at 400MHz with 640megs of ram, of course running Yellow Dog, and it has handled a good deal of /. submissions, without so much as blinking.

    processor : 0
    cpu : 740/750
    temperature : 28-31 C (uncalibrated)
    clock : 400MHz
    revision : 2.2 (pvr 0008 0202)
    bogomips : 801.17

    machine : Power Macintosh
    motherboard : AAPL,PowerMac G3 MacRISC
    L2 cache : 1024K unified pipelined-syncro-burst
    memory : 640MB
    pmac-generation : OldWorld