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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. Re:Redundant… by croddy · · Score: 0, Troll
    this is simply not true. because OS X does not conform to the filesystem hierarchy standard, a lot of GNU-style software won't build for OS X without invasive modifications, and will often install brokenly. setting --prefix is usually not enough.

    until OS X shows major improvements in the area of FHS compliance, it's not an operating system that i would find useful for my work.