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Yellow Dog Linux Finds New PPC Hardware Vendor

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the less-corporate-means-better-performance? dept.

inditek writes "C|Net's News.com reports that Terrasoft Solutions, the vendor that sells and contributes to the development of Yellow Dog Linux has found, and continues to look for, some hardware alternatives based around the PowerPC now that Apple is moving to Intel chips. They say Apple's move makes for a good opportunity and more open space for a chip they think has a lot of life left in it." team99parody also writes "This is great news for customers like the US Navy who rely on Linux-on-PowerPC for important tasks like sonar imaging systems."

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  1. navy by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Like the navy or anyone else can't get the same shit accomplished on any one of about 10-20 platforms. What is so damned special about PPC for sonar imaging.

    1. Re:navy by ScuttleChunkey · · Score: 0, Flamebait

      Well, you know the Power PC processor is sort of the gay processor of the world, much like the Navy is sort of the gay branch of the military.