Re: Linux gives old Macs new life

Tim Byars (tbyars@earthlink.net)
Wed, 3 Mar 1999 09:24:15 -0800


At 11:43 AM -0500 3/3/99, Rodent of Unusual Size did the job with this:

> Mark Kuharich wrote:
>>
>> Schmitz is in charge of developing the Linux kernel for the Macintosh. Once
>> he and the other developers contributing to the project iron out the bugs,
>> those old Macs can be used to run new applications for Linux
>> http://wired.com/news/news/technology/story/18222.html
>
> Here at LinuxWorld I noticed that one of the vendors was using
> a Mac 6100/60 as a demostation, but I didn't investigate whether
> it was actually running Linux or not. I just thought 'Cool!'
> to myself, and went on in my search for Free Stuff(tm).
>
> Of course, since that model's a PPC, the fact that the skin was a
> Mac's may be unimportant.

http://www.linuxppc.com/

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