Yellow Dog Linux Finds New PPC Hardware Vendor

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."

Comments

Re:Oh Dear

[eexlebots]

They did and it is called the Itanium.

oh.

Rats.

Re:Isn't it odd?

[OO7david]

I'm sure if the PPC could speak for itself it'd go something like this:

Apple: Here's one-
Public: Ninepence.
PPC: (feebly) I'm not dead!
Public: (suprised) What?
Apple: Nothing! Here's your ninepence....
PPC: I'm not dead!
Public: 'Ere! 'E says 'e's not dead!
Apple: Yes he is.
PPC: I'm not!
Public: 'E isn't?
Apple: Well... he will be soon-- he's very ill...
PPC: I'm getting better!
Apple: No you're not, you'll be stone dead in a moment.
Public: I can't take 'im like that! It's against regulations!
PPC: I don't want to go on the cart....
Apple: Oh, don't be such a baby.
Public: I can't take 'im....
Apple: I feel fine!
PPC: Well, do us a favor...
Public: I can't!
Apple: Can you hang around a couple of minutes? He won't be long...
Public: No, gotta get to Robinson's by nine today....
Apple: Well, when's your next round?
Public: Thursday.
PPC: I think I'll go for a walk....
Apple: You're not fooling anyone, you know--(to Cart-master) Look, isn't there something you can do...?

(they both look around)

PPC: I feel happy! I feel happy!

(the Cart-master deals the old man a swift blow to the head with his wooden spoon. The old man goes limp.)

Apple: (throwing the old man onto the cart) Ah. thanks very much.
Public: Not at all. See you on Thursday!
Apple: Right! All right....

Re:a lot of life?

[Neil Blender]

What good is an excellent chip if using it is so difficult? by ChipMonk (711367)

You're not really a Chip Monk, are you? Or is this a "one hand clapping" type of question that Chip Monks ask their students?

Secret life

[otter42]

Isn't this the moment when Yellow Dog Linux should declare that Linux has been leading a second, hidden life all this time, where everything has been compiled on both PPC and x86?

Yeah! And then we can all debate the wiseness of changing Linux from a PPC platform to x86!

Now, all we need is someone to crack Yellow Dog Linux so it'll run on an x86... I've got a developer's P4 with Linux already installed. I'll put the installation iso on bittorrent as soon as I make sure that there are no "unique identifiers".