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."

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Re:Apple vs PC - Without the Flame War

[plastik55]

Which hardware would you rather buy for a new home linux system?

x86 hardware for a desktop, Apple for a laptop.

Re:Apple vs PC - Without the Flame War

[plastik55]

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.

Re:Apple vs PC - Without the Flame War

[be-fan]

Heh. A guy with an Inspiron should be the first person to understand the benifets of an Apple laptop:

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 :), I would definately get a machine that didn't need dual 8000 RPM fans just to keep the temperature at "mildy scalding."