From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: hollis@andrew.cmu.edu Message-ID: <38024BB1.DACA1A47@andrew.cmu.edu> Date: Mon, 11 Oct 1999 16:42:25 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jules Bean CC: linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org Subject: Re: The New iMac References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org List-Id: 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 ** Sent via the linuxppc-dev mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/