On Fri, Jul 12, 2002 at 01:02:33AM -0700, Rick Moen wrote: > Quoting Gino LV. Ledesma ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > > Primarily, Linux/PPC is.... > > ...the name of a defunct Linux distribution. Whereas, Yellow Dog Linux, > Debian, Gentoo, Linux-Mandrake, Red Hat, Slackware, SuSE, TurboLinux, > and other variants for the PPC platform are thriving to various degrees.
I should have said PPC Linux. Linux/PPC is the term used by some to indicate Linux running on the PPC. LinuxPPC is very much alive and kicking, although development has significantly slowed down. There hasn't been a major release since 2000. There are other non-Mac systems that are PPC-based, however. I'm curious as to how Linux will perform on the PPC boxen that powers the new Amiga systems. > > With Linux,.... > > ...you get a genuinely open-source operating system, that cannot be either > dictated or summarily terminated by some businessman in Cupertino. <lol> And we know how fickle his decisions can be. </lol> > > So it all boils down to.... > > ...open source, with the real autonomy and long-term prospects it > entails, versus a candy-coated proprietary ghetto catering mostly to > technophobe MS-Word/Eudora/Excel/Photoshop users. > > (I hope you don't mind my playing games with your post. ;-> ) > Not at all. :) ============================ Gino LV. Ledesma Campus Network Group Ateneo de Manila University http://cng.ateneo.net/ _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
