Re: Mac, Intel, and LinuxPPC

From: jim bob and joe bob (wheatbread_at_milo.corn)
Date: 06/09/05

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    Date: Thu, 09 Jun 2005 13:03:36 -0500

    Andrew J. Brehm wrote:
    > Apple's recent announcement will most likely have a significant impact
    > on LinuxPPC.
    >
    > Power Macs are the biggest and most affordable source of Linux-supported
    > hardware.
    >
    > Any thoughts of how this will affect LinuxPPC?
    >
    > (I don't use LinuxPPC, but I have used it before I switched to Mac OS
    > X.)
    >
    It is anybody's guess how LinuxPPC will be affected. Time will tell.

     From Jack's post:
    It is what actually happens on x86: if you buy the latest and greatest
    hardware you can find problems, while using hardware of -say- 1 year ago
    will allow you to install without relevant problems.

    Maybe that is the key. Using more outdated hardware seems to become
    more of a problem. The system gradually fails to recognize older
    machinery by default. For example, my wintel box has only serial
    keyboard and mouse. Linux (sarge or woody) finds the keyboard but
    cannot recognize the mouse without help. Ubuntu the same but simply
    goes on to drop you into X with no pointer. At least Libranet prompts
    for user config.
    While I ramble, sarge seems to run ok on the wintel box. I was trying
    to find a program over the last weekend and apparantly sarge went stable
    a couple days before the announcement. It took most of the afternoon
    but everything got upgraded.
    kk

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