On Sat, 15 Jun 1996 01:40:12 GMT, Adrian Kornhauser <adriank at servidor.unam.mx> wrote:
>You can run Linux on a P.C. linux is actuallt UNIX for P.C. Very
>stable, loads of support from other users and IT'S FREE.
>I'm not sure you can load linux on a Mac.
Apple has sponsored an OSF project to port Linux to the PowerMac
platform. The first release was late last month.
>Or maybe there will be a linux for Mac someday... if ti doesn't exists
>already... don't think so.
Linux on PowerMacs runs over the OSF/Mach microkernel and is
referred to as Mklinux on the linux newsgroups (comp.os.linux.*).
Unix and Unix-line operating systems andt hat currently run on Macs
include: Mklinux, NetBSD and MachTen.
You can get more information about Linux, NetBSD/mac68k and
MachTen from the following URLs.
Mklinux - http://mklinux.apple.com
NetBSD - http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/mac68k/index.html
MachTen - http://www.tenon.com
In addition to these operating systems, you can also run DOS and
Windows applications on Macs. Price is about the only reason I
might still get a PC clone over a mac.
Later,
Ashok
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Ashok Aiyar, Ph.D.
Department of Oncology aiyar at ebv.oncology.wisc.edu
Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison tel: (608) 262-6697
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