[Tfug] Re: Darwin, Linux, PowerPC, ect...

[Tom Rini]

On Sat, Mar 01, 2003 at 10:58:48AM -0800, Wayde C. Gutman wrote:

> With the evolution of Darwin and the growing support system for it, is 
> Linux on the PowerPC platform dead ? Haven't seen anything lately 
> reqarding running Linux on the Apple platform in any publications, I 
> haven't seen any thing Linux specific in the Apple/Mac publication at 
> all.

*cough*Linux on a mac is a small part of linux on a powerpc*cough*

> The reason for the question is my consideration of converting my system 
> from the current Asus P2-99/Celeron 400-mhz to the Teron CX/IBM 750CXe 
> G3 (PowerPC clone, 'Boxer Series', reference: terrasoftsolutions.com ) 
> and run Yellow Dog Linux  on it.

If you do go that route, I don't beleive you can put Darwin on it.

Regardless, Linux on PPCs, including all of the brand new Apple
hardware, works, is still very active and so on.  Personally I would
recommend Debian over YellowDog, but from what I understand the Teron
boards are nice.

-- 
Tom Rini
http://gate.crashing.org/~trini/