Subject: Apples and Linux Distributions for Apples
I am familiar with the troubles of putting Linux on some PC hardware.
In a PC it could be the video card isn't supported, or it has a
WINmodem. There are specific questions during the installation about
chipsets and whatever... Laptop PC's I have never tried, but I heard
Linux is even more difficult in that arena. Basically from a Compaq to a
Dell to the local computer shop build-it-yourself--you never know what
you are going to get, but that it will function like a PC.
Apples on the other hand, I know little about. I am guessing that if
Apple makes an Apple then it is an Apple. One can know what to expect
when they buy an Apple. And with this in mind, Linux distributions like
Yellow Dog (on Slashdot today) for the G3, will anticipate the finite
combinations of hardware likely to be encountered on an Apple. IF Apple
offered such a controlled environment, one could expect to buy a G3 and
have Yellow Dog Linux install and configure with such tailored precision
as a PC person would expect from an out of the box Linux PC (like a VAR
station).
What do we know about this?
Note: http://www.yellowdoglinux.com/
Austin
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