On Sat, 06 Sep 2003 15:54:40 -0400 Alan Kim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Just read the news about the Japan/China/Korea alliance to promote > increased development and use of non-Windows OS such as Linux. > Are any Supermac listers tinkering with Linux ? > Is this a lanuage that can function productively on our machines ? > I've been interested in learning the language if for nothing else just > to see another OS run on the S900. it's a good idea not to get confused between the concepts of "language" and "OS", they're two different things. linux (and some of the *BSDs[1]) have supported PPC architectures for quite some time. given that Mac OS X is a little bit large for a lot of older macs, it may well be worthwhile for some owners of older mac hardware to take a look at the various open source OS options. after all, i can still make good use of first generation pentiums as long as i abandon windoze, older macs should function equally well. Yellow Dog Linux is a mac-oriented distribution (http://www.yellowdoglinux.com/). it lists the Umax systems as unsupported but probably work, and the G3/G4 upgrades as unsupported but sometimes work. richard [1] OpenBSD and NetBSD both have PPC support. FreeBSD focuses on X86 architectures, which makes its selection as the basis for OS X a little bit amusing. -- Richard Welty [EMAIL PROTECTED] Averill Park Networking 518-573-7592 Java, PHP, PostgreSQL, Unix, Linux, IP Network Engineering, Security -- SuperMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | Service & Replacement Parts [EMAIL PROTECTED] | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> SuperMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
