Linux Coming to Power Mac G5

Posted by pudge on Tuesday June 24, 2003 @09:14AM from the we-expect-nothing-less dept.

Justen writes "Terra Soft, the people behind Yellow Dog Linux (YDL), announced that they will be supporting the new Power Mac G5. Since they are an Apple Authorized Reseller, you can purchase your Power Mac G5 through Terra Soft and have YDL pre-installed on a separate partition from Mac OS X. According to Terra Soft, 'as Yellow Dog Linux was in 2000 enabled for the IBM Power3 by IBM Lab and Linuxcare, and subsequently for the Power4, the effort to support the 970-based Apple computers is anticipated to be completed with relative ease.' Life is good. Anyone wanna loan me $2,000?"

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Re:Never understood this. by ichimunki · 2003-06-24 09:29 · Score: 5, Insightful

Considering it's impossible to buy one that won't ship OS X, your question makes little to no sense. This isn't going to be instead of OS X, but in addition to it. You still have the privilege of paying for the Mac OS, even if you don't plan to use it.

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Re:But one questions remains... by muonzoo · 2003-06-24 11:13 · Score: 5, Insightful
Hmm here are my calculations:
1. Open HUA, visit the site I ripped off. (7 words)
2. Select all (Control-A) ( call that 1 word)
3. Paste (1 word)
For me that's 9 words in 6 minutes or a more realistic (for a Troll) 1.5 WPM.
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