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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. OT: 1U Unix Collection by green+pizza · · Score: 2, Offtopic

    I'm not sure it's something I'll rush out to buy, but it does sound interesting, if for no other reason than to add another dev/compile server to the stack we have at work.

    Cobalt RaQ 4, IBM B50, generic 1U PC, Sun Netra X1, Apple Xserve.

    Now if only SGI would make a 2P, 1U server. How thick is SGI's 4P Origin 300? 2U?

  2. Perhipials by e8johan · · Score: 2, Offtopic

    It is nice to see that the PCI bus is now commonly used in *all* desktop computers (Atari, Amiga, Mac and IBM Compatibles). This makes it so much easier to buy devices and to find/port drivers. I remember Atari's old HDD interface that forced me into buying a really expensive Atari HDD instead of a much cheaper IDE driver...

  3. Re:OS X by rseuhs · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    Well, the problem is that iMacs suck.

    I would take any of those systems (with PCI-slots, with serial ports and most importantly without an attached monitor) over any iMac anytime.

    You can't get a real computer at Apple near 1000$ unfortunately.