Star Thoughts on Mac OS X 10.3: Counting the Bits of a Panther
Linked by Jeremy T. Fox on Fri 11th Jul 2003 16:55 UTC
Mac OS X A recent article by Tony Smith from The Register titled "Mac OS X 10.3 Panther will not be a 64-bit OS" caused a good deal of confusion with many people, including me. It is also caused a heated argument here on OSNews. The basic point of the article is that Mac OS 10.2.7 and 10.3 are not "true" 64-bit OSes, but the article does not clearly explain what a "true" 64-bit OS is. This had led to a lot of claims that the article is false or misinformed, rather than just unclear, which is certainly is.
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Linux for the PPC 970
by Hoover on Fri 11th Jul 2003 09:38 UTC

IBM is going to release PPC970 Servers running Linux, so yes, Linux will be available in a 64bit version for the PPC970. That's a fact.
But I don't know how long it will take to adapt that Linux to the PowerMac G5. For example its 9 fans are dynamically controlled by the OS. Without support for these special fans, Linux won't run on the G5.