[ale] mac v pc

[Thompson Freeman]

On Mon, 8 Apr 2002, Stephen Turner wrote:

> linux on mac vs pc, how does that differ? is the
> performance greatly better? is it only the kernel that changes?

I'll start with glittering generalities based on running linux on intel,
alpha, and ppc hardware. The experience for the end user seems to be
roughly the same regardless of the hardware (assuming the hardware is fast
enough and/or present -> you don't get ethernet networking without an
adaptor 8-))

And the rest of the story: Non-Intel archetectures all boot
differently; especially the mac's. Getting the mac to boot (actually dual
boot) linux was a lengthy arcaine ritual followed by rote repetition for
me. Funny thing is, the experience should be fairly rational with the
so-called New World ROMS (since late 2000?). Similar situation with the
alpha machines; booting was the biggest headache to setup.

The other headache for non-intel machines is the sometimes lack of
applications, especially proprietary binary only programs.


I ran Yellow Dog Linux on a slow iBook for a while, and things worked well
for me. Slow disk and limited screen didn't help, but the thing did what I
needed it to do comfortably. YMMV of course.


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