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Gentoo Offers PPC LiveCDs
drunkentiger writes "Ripped right off their homepage: In a recent Slashdot article, someone asked if it were possible to create a fully-featured bootable Linux LiveCD for the Macintosh.
We thought this was a great idea. So today, we are releasing two full-featured LiveCDs for the PowerPC: one with KDE 3, and another with GNOME 2. Take a look at the KDE LiveCD running MacOS X in a window via Mac on Linux. LiveCDs can be downloaded here or from these mirrors."
Which hardware would you rather buy for a new home linux system?
x86 hardware for a desktop, Apple for a laptop.
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All in all the Apple laptops are very well supported for linux--builtin Airport, power management, sleep and wake, video and sound chipsets, and USB/Firewire. The only thing I don't have working on my old iBook is the NTSC video output which I don't really have a use for. The build quality is superior to most Dells and the battery life is typically much better. Most of the people working with Linux on PowerPC are running Apple laptops, so the hardware tends to be very well supported by the community.
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Heh. A guy with an Inspiron should be the first person to understand the benifets of an Apple laptop:
:), I would definately get a machine that didn't need dual 8000 RPM fans just to keep the temperature at "mildy scalding."
1) Small
2) Light
3) Power efficient
4) Cool (as in not burning hot)
5) Well built.
All things that the Inspiron most definately isn't. Of course, I love my I8200 dearly, because of its capabilities as a portable workstation, but if I didn't need the power (and Apple would get with the '00s and finally start bundling those gorgeous UXGA screens
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This would be such a boon...way more important than Gentoo PPC Live.
Knowledge is power. Knowledge shared is power multiplied.
I agree about the future of computing, but I think every neighborhood / office /building /small business will want someone who knows the technology inside-and-out to implement it on a large scale.
Sure, compiling the kernel isn't something Joe User wants to do, but if Joe User want to sit down and work, someone in the company's job is to make sure his PC is getting decent performance. The boss isn't going to want to buy new servers and PCs when there's plenty of life to squeeze out of what's already there, those days are (almost) over.
I don't want everyone to start adminning gentoo boxes, I'll admin boxes for them for some loot. That's my niche. The users will be running Gentoo, but they'll never have to look at GCC output or think about syncing the portage tree.
Also, your idea that Operating Systems are going to get simpler is just not feasable. They'll get easier to USE but the tradeoff is that under-the-hood they'll be that much more complex. All technology is like that, a modern car is a very complex machine; sure, automatic transmission is easy to use, but it's a LOT more complex to design, fix, or diagnose than the old manual trannies. Windows XP is (arguably) easier to USE than w98, but it's really an order of magnitude more complex beneath the presentation.
"Sometimes, I think Trent just needs a cup of hot chocolate and a blankie." -Tori Amos on Nine Inch Nails
Basically your someone who actually wants to learn everything about how your particular distro works.
Be thankful, if there werent people like this you wouldn't have heating, lighting, medical science or anything else more advanced than charred meat and possibly the wheel.
The future of computing is thankfully not having to worry about compiling kernels and screwing with drivers.
Why not, for the people that want it? Personally I wouldn't trust it if I didn't have at least a basic understanding of how it works. (Yeah, I'm an engineer.) At the very least you should insist that a competent friend with your interests at heart understands it.
Like I said I have nothing against Gentoo
Sure you do, or you wouldn't have posted this.
When OS's are mature enough enough to be [...] moron proof
I'll be sure to give you a call.
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