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New Patches Let iMac G5 Boot Linux

Posted by timothy on from the limited-functionality dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Apple enthusiasts and Linux geeks allied and the result is the announcement of a set of patches (still in test stage) that allows iMac G5 owners to (at least) boot Linux on their toys."

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  1. that's great, but why? by kendoka · · Score: 0, Flamebait


    No offense to linux, I've been using it since '93. However, as a desktop env. it's inferior to MacOSX. Maybe some rich linux guys just want a nice piece of hardware to run linux on?