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Linux Supporting G5 Liquid Cooling System

Posted by pudge on from the cooooooooool dept.

Sandor writes "Apple's G5 is selling well and this seems to have helped the development of the Linux kernel on the ppc64 platform: shortly after the shipment of the dual G5 with the new liquid cooling system, it seems that Linux kernel is going to support it really soon."

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  1. Ah hah! by avalys · · Score: 5, Funny

    So, this would be perfect for those moments when you're on a Mac and need access to a Unix system for some reason.

    Oh, wait...

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  2. The real reason to pick Linux over OS X is ... by Nice2Cats · · Score: 4, Funny
    ... NetHack for OS X / Darwin only seems to come in the girlie man Qt version. Some things in life are simply more important than cool graphics, a consistant user interface, and easy to use multimedia apps.

  3. Re:The point by jcr · · Score: 5, Funny

    Mac diehards would never concede that anybody can design a user interface better than Apple

    That would be because only one company ever did, and Apple bought them for $400M.

    -jcr

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  4. NSW Signature! by MarcQuadra · · Score: 3, Funny

    dude! not fscking funny!

    I'm sitting in the corner of a classroom full of kids checking out slashdot while a computer finishes imaging, and i checked-out your sig. You should really let people know that your sig-link has Work Unsafe images on it, not say "I made a funny".

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