Linux support for Mac hardware (Re: [Techtalk] Linux Laptops)

[Devdas Bhagat]

On 27/10/05 12:44 +0530, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote:
> On Thursday 27 Oct 2005 12:28 pm, Kathryn Andersen wrote:
> > It's a thought, though. ??I was assuming that Intel x86 would be the
> > best supported, but if I got a Mac (a) I wouldn't be paying Windows
> > Tax and (b) I might actually want to dual boot, rather than wiping
> > the disk. I hear that Macs have some yummy multimedia tools. ??On the
> > other hand, it's such a bother having a dual-boot machine; one
> > generally spends most of one's time in one O/S anyway, and then one
> > misses the things one doesn't have in the other one.
> 
> many mac ppl dont dual boot - i'm not sure exactly what they do, but 
> aparently they run X on their ibooks. Cant get more info as both of the 

Macs support X. Badly. Mac OS X is a Unix. You end up running two
windowing environments, which don't interact very well.
Windows supports X even worse.

> guys i know are not on their usual channels. They *did* say that they 
> preferred to pay apple rather than windoze, and both are foss fanatics, 
> will consult and revert
> 
I see no real difference. The code is still not available in either
case.

Devdas Bhagat