Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Tue 3rd Dec 2002 07:17 UTC
Terra Soft Solutions, Inc. will announce tomorrow world's first consumer priced ATX form-factor PowerPC motherboard with full Linux support. Terra Soft, also creators of Yellow Dog Linux, will be selling both the PPC motherboard and a fully equipped computer that will be capable of running YDL 2.3. This will give a new face to the consumer Linux landscape, as Linux effectivelly gets its own platform rather than getting installed side by side with other OSes. Check inside for two pages with pictures of the hardware, information and an interview with TerraSoft's co-founder, Kai Staats.
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I've always liked alternative architectures (mips, sparc, m68k, ppc, hppa, arm), but I've always hated Macs (because every Mac I've used crashed constantly).I've never tried OS X, but the Macs at school run OS 9 (these are dual 1GHz G4s, too), so I wish they would put OS X on it. Anyway, I'd love a PowerPC workstation. 99.9% of all my Linux programs on x86 will compile just fine. PowerPC is a stable platform (not the hell that is x86), and it may not run as fast as my x86, but it has the efficiency of PowerPC. Its a fun platform to toy with, and I could easily see myself using it as my primary workstation. I want one.