On Aug 9, 2009, at 4:21 PM, Dennis Myhand wrote: > I'm a bit confused as to your reason for wanting to do this. You want > to run a 64 bit *nix system on a G-5. I thought that was what OS X > was?
I agree. I've run Ubuntu Linux on quite a few machines, and OS X is clearly superior for now, although I believe in the long run Linux or some descendent of Linux wins (unless Apple makes OS X open source freeware for all PC users). The problem with OS X on a G5 is the fact that Apple is abandoning support for the PPC Macs, so there won't be any more OS X updates. The recent lack of support for Java 1.6 for the PPC Macs is already made newer Java programming fail to run on PPC Macs. Most developers will soon abandon the "universal" versions of their software, meaning future OS X software won't run on PPC Macs, and a person will need to research and scrounge for whatever the final PPC version is. It's almost exactly like the old "Fat" days when Apple abandoned the 68k Macs. We'll be needing PPC software repositories just like the 68k Macs need. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
