On Thu, 2003-10-30 at 12:55, Arty Ecock wrote: > I'm considering replacing several existing development workstations > with a single G5 Mac. The G5 would run Linux natively with the following > applications: > > - Mac-On-Linux (for running Panther and Jaguar) > - Hercules (to replace my aging P/390) > - Bochs or Wine (for running those few Windows 2000 apps that have no > native Linux client) > - I would *LOVE* to be able to boot AIX on this thing, but I have no idea > if that is possible > > Has anyone any experience with the G5? Any advice?
I really really want one, but I don't want to pay for it. I wasn't able to get MOL running on my ancient iMac, with Jaguar, but I didn't really try very hard; I dual-boot and I run one or the other. Hercules works fine on Mac OS X; in fact, it's Jay Maynard's favorite platform. That said, be aware that you may encounter difficulties procuring a license to legally run proprietary IBM operating systems on Hercules. Herc also works fine on Linux/PPC, of course. I haven't tried Bochs on Linux/PPC, but if I can make it run on Linux/390, PPC can't really be all that hard; Wine probably won't work because, well, no native x86 instructions. Bochs is going to be PAINFULLY slow, even on a fast G5. Of course, you could run Connectix VPC on Jaguar/Panther under MOL, and that would probably run OK. No idea at all whether it will run AIX. Adam
