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Red Hat, Linux and Intel iMacs

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the only-a-matter-of-time dept.

segphault writes "Ars Technica examines the implications of Red Hat's recently announced plan to get Linux running on Intel Macs. 'Red Hat representative Gillian Farquhar announced last week that the company plans to add support for Apple's new Intel Macs to its popular distribution. Fedora and several other commonly used Linux distributions support the PowerPC architecture used by Apple in the past, and Red Hat wants to ensure that its software will continue to run on new Apple hardware in the future.'" The real question is will Windows or Linux be first?

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  1. 3 sentence summary of that article by digitaldc · · Score: 4, Funny

    Red Hat Plans for Linux on Intel Macs
    1/25/2006

    Red Hat representative Gillian Farquhar announced last week that the company plans to add support for Apple's new Intel Macs to its popular distribution.
    Red Hat wants to ensure that its software will continue to run on new Apple hardware in the future.
    EFI support is theoretically possible, but is still in development.


    And to answer the question, Linux will be first.

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  2. Re:No, the real question is... by ClippyHater · · Score: 4, Funny

    What about my Beloved BeOS?

    I believe the correct term for that sentiment is "necrophilia".

  3. Re:Im not sure I understand... by meringuoid · · Score: 4, Funny
    why would someone go pay good money for a mac, only to install RadHat?

    You're new here, aren't you?

    It's Because. We're. Geeks.

    Seriously, you've managed to find your way to Slashdot, you must at least have some understanding of the mindset that drives this kind of thing?

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