Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Wed 22nd Oct 2003 17:42 UTC
My first experience with Linux on a PPC machine was Pegasos PPC and Debian. Last weekend I upgraded my Cube G4 450 Mhz and with a blazingly fast 120 GB 7200 RPM WD drive (for just $58!) to replace the default (and extremely slow) 20 GB Maxtor IDE drive. In this vast drive space, there is enough room for more than one operating system, so I decided to install Yellow Dog Linux 3.0 (and then upgrade to 3.0.1 via APT) as an addition to Mac OS X 10.3 Panther. Read more for my impressions of YDL 3.0.1 and check some screenshots too.
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They need a good reason to use [Linux-PPC], a reason that I haven't found yet
It's quite simple.
Imagine you are a GNU/Linux user. Unlike his proprietary concurrents, this OS allows you to take the platform of your choice (Little flamebate here : MacOsX is probably the only Unix around which runs only on ONE platform)
Imagine you want to buy a new computer. For a desktop computer, sorry, but the macs just can't compete with the high standardization and concurrency of the PC.
On the laptop's side, on the contrary, you have only a few constructors, and each laptop uses only proprietary hardware, not just those of Apple.
The quality of Apple's laptop are good (I love the 12"!), and since the core of macosX is a free Unix, all the hardware works. At the contrary, there is a lot of crap if you want a PC laptop with Linux : IBM makes a lot of advertisement claiming that Linux is the way of the future, but there is no support for the Centrino, their ACPI implementation is totally buggy, no hotplug for the ultrabase, ...
Not yet convinced to buy a mac laptop if you are a Linux geeek ?
Just read Apple's EULA : if you disagree with the terms of the license, Apple refunds you the price of MacOs X.
Now read Windows's EULA : if you disagree with the terms of the license, it's up to the vendor of your PC to refund you, and many people have tried it, and they just don't listen your complaints.
I'm totally <a>disgusted by this MS-tax, I'm obliged to buy a software I don't use, and I forget to mention it, but this is <a>100% illegal in my country (Interdiction de la vente liée , if you are interested).
But in the USA like in France, Microsoft don't have to respect the law. They are the ubiquitous Microsoft after all !
I think you've understantood why my next laptop will be a mac (with Debian probably).