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

[Juliet Kemp]

On Thu, Oct 27, 2005 at 09:39:56PM +1000, Kathryn Andersen wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 27, 2005 at 11:21:16AM +0100, Juliet Kemp wrote:
> 
> > I have Linux on the desktop (Debian for my own machine, RHEL for the
> > ones I admin at work), Solaris for the two servers, & a Powerbook
> > laptop, and the Powerbook is *great*.  My experience of Linux & laptops
> > has always been that there's a lot of hassle, whereas the Mac Just
> > Works, and is a pleasure to use, as well.  I'm recommending them now to
> > all my users who talk to me about laptops.  
> 
> True, it's so *nice* to have something that Just Works...
> But I assume that it's Mac OS X which Just Works, and not PPC Linux,
> yes?

Afraid so, yes!  I don't know anything about running Linux on PPC - the
things for which I use my own laptop don't require Linux so I've stuck
with OS X.  Your list of things does sound like you'd be best finding
something you can install Linux on, though.


Juliet