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Linux-on-Mac seller aims to fill void
Cnet ^ | August 23, 2005 | Ina Fried

Posted on 08/23/2005 7:19:48 PM PDT by Halfmanhalfamazing

When Apple Computer announced in June that it planned to move to Intel chips, one of the companies left in the lurch was Terra Soft Solutions.

The small Colorado company had carved out a nice niche specializing in selling Linux for Macs and other machines that use IBM's PowerPC chips. In the days following Apple's bombshell, Terra Soft quickly announced plans to seek out alternative hardware on which its Yellow Dog Linux could run.

This week, Terra Soft is announcing it has filled some of the void created by Apple's move. Under a new deal, Terra Soft will resell PowerPC-based servers from Mercury Computer Systems. Mercury's XR9 systems use the same G5 chip as Apple's Xserve, but at 2.4GHz, the chips are slightly faster than those used in Apple's top-of-the-line servers.


TOPICS: Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: apple; linux; mac; macintosh; mactel
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To: Terpfen

Yeah, you're correct about laptop support.

And yes, knoppix is a good try as you don't have to install it and they really keep up on their drivers.... they have to it's a live CD.

After a year.......... you're missing alot. The speed in which OSS software evolves is unprecedented.

Just for the sake of adding a date to the discussion...

http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=mandrake

Mandrake 9 was released in 2002. You're in for a big surprise the next time you try. Fedora Core 5 comes out next february. I recommend giving it a try.


21 posted on 08/30/2005 7:35:15 AM PDT by Halfmanhalfamazing (You upgraded to Linux? No, I'm not surprised your computer works properly now. Amazing, no?)
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To: Halfmanhalfamazing

I'll give one of them a whirl when they've improved laptop hardware support. No use in frying something, or burning a CD and finding out I can't run the thing.


22 posted on 08/30/2005 8:47:39 AM PDT by Terpfen (Liberals call the Constitution a living document because they enjoy torturing it.)
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To: Terpfen

http://opesix.com/blogen/index.php?p=13

Found through

http://www.linux-laptop.net/

You're golden.


23 posted on 08/31/2005 6:40:20 AM PDT by Halfmanhalfamazing (You upgraded to Linux? No, I'm not surprised your computer works properly now. Amazing, no?)
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To: Halfmanhalfamazing
You're golden.

Not quite. That guy has a different configuration than I do. I've got the Radeon X300, Pentium M 730 (1.6Ghz), 2915ABG wireless chipset, 80GB hard drive, and brand-name ethernet/modem chipsets.
24 posted on 08/31/2005 9:45:37 AM PDT by Terpfen (Liberals call the Constitution a living document because they enjoy torturing it.)
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