In article <rgrant-E1E6E4.10252503032000 at nntp-serv.cam.ac.uk>,
"Richard P. Grant" <rgrant at netscape.net> writes:
> But anyway, I'm assuming that the arguments for/against linux on PC
> apply to Linux on PPC too??
Probably not:
- hardware with PowerPC is more expensive so you lose the advantage of
using Taiwan-made cheap PCs. And the PowerPC is 32-bits like the i386.
- Linux and the applications it runs are less stable on the PowerPC. I
am still not able to compile a kernel on my PowerMacintosh, even if I
did it without trouble on dozens of PCs. Many applications programs
suffer, too, specially those who believe that char is signed.
