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

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Yes. Though Darwin seems to be gaining popularity with PPC in desktop 
and server marketplaces, linux and PPC still have a very bright future 
in embedded solutions. IBM is working on a PDA platform with linux/PPC. 
Also PPC is one of the stronger competitors of transmeta/linux embedded 
systems. Linux is competing against QNX, VxWorks, and CE on embedded 
architectures like ARM, MIPS, PPC, etc...

I haven't been keeping up with the score lately (like there is one), but 
last I checked Linux is winning.

Tom Rini wrote:

>On Sat, Mar 01, 2003 at 10:58:48AM -0800, Wayde C. Gutman wrote:
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>>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.
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>*cough*Linux on a mac is a small part of linux on a powerpc*cough*
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>>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.
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>If you do go that route, I don't beleive you can put Darwin on it.
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>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.
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