From: hollis@andrew.cmu.edu
To: Jules Bean <jmlb2@hermes.cam.ac.uk>
Cc: linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org
Subject: Re: The New iMac
Date: Mon, 11 Oct 1999 16:42:25 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <38024BB1.DACA1A47@andrew.cmu.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Pine.SOL.4.10a.9910111932100.13312-100000@red.csi.cam.ac.uk
Jules Bean wrote:
>
> I'm pondering buying myself a new computer, and the iMac is one of the
> choices. It has considerable advantages for me (easy portability, no
> fan), but I certainly don't want something which can't run Linux.
Tell that to leadership@apple.com. Seriously. Everyone who is in the
same situation should tell Apple. That's the only way they'll take Linux
seriously.
> On the other hand, I'm very happy to work on getting Linux to run on it
> (once I've got one) - I know my way around C and have some experience
> prodding around kernels and booting machine off serial consoles.
>
> Has anyone got any information about how hard it's going to be to get
> Linux running on the iMac's, and whether anyone in particular is planning
> to work on it? (I imagine the linuxppc.com people will be keen to, if
> it's anything like as successful piece of hardware as the original iMac).
I think there are plenty of developers who would be interested. Right
now the biggest obstacle is availability - no one has them yet. In two
months, *then* the obstacle will be the technical details.
-Hollis
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~1999-10-11 20:42 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1999-10-11 18:35 The New iMac Jules Bean
1999-10-11 20:42 ` hollis [this message]
1999-10-11 21:39 ` Alex Vallens
1999-10-11 22:09 ` Jules Bean
1999-10-11 23:27 ` Kevyn Shortell
1999-10-11 22:05 ` Jules Bean
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