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On Thu, 2002-03-28 at 22:18, Leighton Haynes wrote:
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<PRE><FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>On Thu, Mar 28, 2002 at 10:00:04PM +0800, proXy wrote:</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> Being a particularly non-mac oriontated person, I wouldn't know exactly.</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> But I get the impression from that linux, that the mac version of the</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> os, will run on the older machines.</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> http://www.yellowdoglinux.com/support/hardware/supported.shtml</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> There is that other mac in the corner, which looks alot like the one</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> down the bottom of that page (once again I am showing my nonmacciness)</FONT></FONT></I>
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<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>I believe the mac you want to install on is an LC630. YDL doesn't claim to </FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>install on anything before PowerPCs. </FONT></FONT></I>
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<FONT SIZE="3">Like I said, I don't know</FONT>
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<PRE><FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>Besides, I'm one of these people that's sick and bloody tired of the</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>'install linux on everything'. Let's face it. Linux on PPC looks very</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>much like Linux on x86. What's the fucking point? </FONT></FONT></I>
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<FONT SIZE="3">This is a very good question actually, but i think It would be something different.</FONT>
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<FONT SIZE="3">I would gladly port NetBSD to it, if I thought it were possible.</FONT>
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<PRE><FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>Oh, and just because I'm sick of reiterating it again and again. </FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>No, I don't think Linux on PS2 is a good idea. It's a bad idea. </FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>There are better solutions than crippling a really lovely architecture</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>with a bloated OS></FONT></FONT></I>
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<FONT SIZE="3">Yes, but this is a mac, not a PS2, and which sucks more? MacOS or Linux?</FONT>
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<FONT SIZE="3">Note, for fairness, MacOSX may not be brought into this discussion ;)</FONT>
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<PRE><FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>Leighton...</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>-- </FONT></FONT></I>
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<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>#0421 113 305 - dayta@ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>How do you expect?/I will know what to do./When all I know.</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>Is what you tell me to. - Linkin Park/By Myself</FONT></FONT></I>
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