one for the linux gurus :)

[g00fy]

hi to all,

in a seemingly windows dominated forum - here is a curveball :)

i have been using *nix for about ten years and i want to know if i can install it on a mac notebook(powerbook)

i have *never* had anything to do with mac and have no idea of the config of them but i have the cahnce to get one very cheap and only 1yr old but i want to run mdk9 or debian opposed to mac os


any help would be gr8

kind regards,

g00fy

[bcarl314]

I actually asked a mac tech rep at a tech conference here about 1 year ago about that very same thing. They said that the hardware only supports Mac OS and not Windows, *nix or anything else. He went on some rant about how Mac is a hardware company and not a software company and so on and that's why they don't support *nix OSs.

Also, have you seen the default shell on OS X? yuck!

[Bosko]

Mac OS X itself is a version of BSD,with a X window system for the GUI.
You can also install GNU/Linux on a Mac,but you will need a distribution made for the Mac,such as Yellow Dog.

[jkd]

Or MandrakePPC. :)

Linux is no problem on Mac hardware.

[g00fy]

just as i thought, i had already bought the powerbook, and have it loaded with mdk,

thanx to all who replied




kind regards,

g00fy