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Running Mac OS X Natively on Pegasos
Peter writes "The Pegasos is an interesting new platform, being one of the very few affordable non-Apple PowerPC systems. But to be a real alternative for me, I want it to run Mac OS X directly (without the need to use Mac-on-Linux or such). Have any of you Slashdot readers done this, and how much hacking did it take?" The Pegasos currently uses a G3/600, and ships with Debian Linux for PowerPC and MorphOS.
Now where are the "Mod Parent Up" requests?
Or hey, what about "Mac zealots modding alert"?
There's some really really weird mindsets in the anti-mac camp.
I like reading the funnies when browsing \. but this kind of crap forces you to read with rating 3+
I'd rather they'd put their time in writing a nice mac virus and be done with it. Would give us about 6 months respite of the gay mail and no more inconvenience than installing a patch once they're done.
Coming next: Father O Day...
I think, therefore I am...I think.
You're right. It's not flamebait. It's a troll. If I got to metamod that, it'd go down as unfair.
He just took an old troll post and changed the machine name to G5. As a hint of this, there is no dual G5 1.6GHz; the 1.6GHz machine is single-processor and has no PCI-X. Furthermore, what the hell version of Netscape is he running? The boxes ship with MSIE and possibly Safari; there hasn't been a new version of Netscape in years, and he'd have to run it in classic.
But hey, at least it's better than Father Randy "Pudge" O'Day.
I hereby place the above post in the public domain.
Just in case you *don't* know what's going on ...
The flamebait we're talking about is a complete hoax. It's sent every time an Apple topic is posted on \.
What it describes is plainly not possible, his post is full of inconsistencies.
This mail is posted in exact same form about a 100 times. Do you really think it's True then? Even if what he's trying to sell here is not possible?
the only thing he changes once in a while is the type of machine he's supposedly using. Now it's a Dual G5 1.6 Mhz.
Problem is: there is no such thing as a DUAL G5 1.6.
I repeat: not only is he describing stuff that's impossible, he's also doing it on a NON EXISTING machine.
Every time this gets posted, it's followed by a very *funny* mail from a catholic priest saying how glad he is that he's bought a mac and is now officially a member of the gay brotherhood. He's very glad he can use his mac to "convert" little boys. That very funny mail is then "answered" by a mail from Apple encouraging the priest. This is soooo very funny and colorful, especially after the 40th time.
You see? It's flamebait, lies, stupidity squared. It's not even remotely funny, given the fact that people like you are totally convinced after seeing us flame that guy for the 100th time that those mac guys/grrls are just a bunch of touchy daffodils.
Get it, got it? Good.
I think, therefore I am...I think.