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Free Software on a Cheap Computer
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.
What's wrong with the Debian running on the Mini platform? Is there any reason Ubuntu couldn't run, too?
What should be wrong with it ? I guess you're just one of those Ubunbu fanboys who think Ubuntu should be run everywhere. Why should the above listings start with some minor distros: if they say some big and well etablished distros can do it, then probably the derived others also can. This is a better formulation than the other way around.
I am putting myself to the fullest possible use, which is all I can think that any conscious entity can ever hope to do.
in contrast to the last time I experimented with Linux on PPC (about a year ago) and found that there was no up-to-date JVM or SDK. (But perhaps I missed something.)
Whose fault is that? Is it ours for not petitioning Sun hard enough to do something which probably (correct me if I'm wrong) requires no more than a simple recompile? Is it our fault for not being able to reverse engineer everything in sight?
Bullshit, Bullshit, Bullshit, Bullshit, Bullshit!
Everybody knows Apple doesn't exist...
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100% Flamebait
No, clueless jerk TrollMods, that post was a flame, in response to another flame. That's a flamewar. If you're keeping score, the first flame in the war is the flamebait. This flame is just "collateral damage".
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make install -not war
Like DEC, HP, Data General?
One line blog. I hear that they're called Twitters now.
There is no "collateral damage" moderation.
Damn I can't mod you "off topic" now.