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Linux beats Windows to Intel iMac

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the because-you-can dept.

Ctrl+Alt+De1337 writes "The Mactel-Linux folks have now successfully booted Linux on a 17" Core Duo iMac. They used the elilo bootloader, a modified kernel, and a hacked vesafb to boot from a USB drive. No GUI pictures for now, just white text on a black background. The distro of choice was Gentoo, and instructions and patches are promised this weekend."

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  1. Also, this proves once and for all... by daveschroeder · · Score: 4, Interesting

    ...that the TPM is not "preventing" alternate OSes from booting, as some conspiracy theorists have begun to suggest.

  2. Re:Oh boy! by Alex+P+Keaton+in+da · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Yes, I agree, the OSX GUI is awesome, and why would you be excited that someone booted Linus onto a MAC and got a b/w screen!?!?!
    I can answer that- Because this is an important step into something we have all been interested in, i.e. whether or not we can boot something other than an apple os onto an intel mac...
    A thousand mile journey begins with a single step, and all that jazz...

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