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Free Software on a Cheap Computer

Posted by Zonk on from the tiny-penguin-coop dept.

Shell writes "Is this the solution to free software on a cheap computer? NetBSD and Yellow Dog Linux have both begun to support the Mac Mini. This article from IBM looks at open source operating system options on this new contender in the embedded PowerPC platform space." From the article: "This article looks at the current state of Linux and NetBSD support on the Mini. If you need all the hardware and options fully supported, these open source options won't do it for you ... yet. But, if all you need is a stable kernel, a C compiler, and network support, the code is high-quality and the price is unbeatable." This is part two in the series. Part One was covered a while back.

3 of 625 comments (clear)

  1. Re:OS included? by jericho4.0 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I call BS on all three of you. Apple is a magical place, staffed by gnomes, that sells hardware, software, and drugs to children.

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    "A language that doesn't affect the way you think about programming, is not worth knowing" - Alan Perlis
  2. Parent has simple QT solution, pls mod up. by cfalcon · · Score: 5, Funny

    One of the reasons I go to slashdot is the sheer power of people fixing annoying problems with 1-10 lines of text.

  3. Re:hardware support by StarManta.Mini · · Score: 5, Funny

    Then again, can someone remind me why the UNIX under OSX is not good enough?

    Because it wasn't compiled and installed from scratch, obviously.

    Also, it's too easy to set up and use, and there's not enough hacking to get apps installed.