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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. Re:The real question... by gormanly · · Score: 0, Troll

    ... is what doesn't run Linux ?

  2. for what purpose? by Cheeze · · Score: 0, Troll

    What's the point in buying overpriced, specialized hardware only to delete the operating system?

    Just because?

    I can guarantee you for the price you paid for that MacIntel (Intelitosh?), you'd be much better off spending half of the cash and buying from another retailer. It's like buying a Porsche and taking out the engine and putting in a Chevy 350 and replacing the tires with big rockcrawlers.

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  3. Uh, not really. by Jerk+City+Troll · · Score: 0, Troll

    The real question is will Windows or Linux be first?

    No, actually, it isn’t. Sorry.

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