Re: Debian for PPC Macs

1997-07-19 Thread Dan Hugo
Stig Are M. Botterli wrote: > > On 16-Jul-97 Rick Hawkins wrote: > >> My conclusion is if I buy my new boc next week I should buy a Intel, > >> if I buy next year PPC or Alpha. Right? > > > >this is pretty much what i've come to. If i could buy an atx ppc > >motherboard now, I would. but i can't

Re: Debian for PPC Macs

1997-07-16 Thread Eloy A. Paris
Can we participate or this is a private conversation? :-) E.- Andreas Jellinghaus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: : momentan ist nicht viel da, soweit ich weis. : du kannst aber ein redhat draufspielen, grundprogramm kompilieren, : und dadurch deine eigenes debian boot strappen. ich w|rde es ja selbs

Re: Debian for PPC Macs

1997-07-16 Thread Stig Are M. Botterli
On 16-Jul-97 Rick Hawkins wrote: >> As the only proprietary part is the motherboard, which includes sound/midi, >> while the rest is made up of industry standard components, I very much doubt >> your estimate. Esp. as they haven't announced a price yet. You are probably >> confusing it with the Kee

Re: Debian for PPC Macs

1997-07-16 Thread Rick Hawkins
> As the only proprietary part is the motherboard, which includes sound/midi, > while the rest is made up of industry standard components, I very much doubt > your estimate. Esp. as they haven't announced a price yet. You are probably > confusing it with the Keenya, which is a Mac clone based on

Re: Debian for PPC Macs

1997-07-16 Thread Stig Are M. Botterli
On 16-Jul-97 Rick Hawkins wrote: > >> For those of you interested in CHRP PPC machine, take a look at >> www.pios.de. Seems like a very flexible system, and it will be shipping >> with Linux and BeOS. I know what my next computer will be. > >They certainly look interesting, at least eventually. Bu

Re: Debian for PPC Macs

1997-07-16 Thread Andreas Jellinghaus
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you write: >Hello, > >I want to buy a new box and wonder about some alternatives to the >Intel (compatible ... I think of K6) architecture. I've got the >following information from Johannes Ramm-Ericson: momentan ist nicht viel da, soweit ich weis. du kannst aber ei

Re: Debian for PPC Macs

1997-07-16 Thread Rick Hawkins
> For those of you interested in CHRP PPC machine, take a look at > www.pios.de. Seems like a very flexible system, and it will be shipping > with Linux and BeOS. I know what my next computer will be. They certainly look interesting, at least eventually. But at the moment it seems to be an almos

Re: Debian for PPC Macs

1997-07-16 Thread Rick Hawkins
> My conclusion is if I buy my new boc next week I should buy a Intel, > if I buy next year PPC or Alpha. Right? this is pretty much what i've come to. If i could buy an atx ppc motherboard now, I would. but i can't, so i won't :( And I'm not willing to own another apple proprietary design whic

Re: Debian for PPC Macs

1997-07-16 Thread Andreas Tille
> The new PowerPC chips (the next generation, called "G3" or 740/750 or > Arthur or Mach V...) are, well, FAST. I haven't run any linux > benchmarks on them, but I intend to once the "Money-making OS" is > running on them officially. > > So, basically, the decision is similar to decing between Al

Re: Debian for PPC Macs

1997-07-16 Thread Dan Hugo
Andreas Tille wrote: > > Hello, > > I want to buy a new box and wonder about some alternatives to the > Intel (compatible ... I think of K6) architecture. I've got the > following information from Johannes Ramm-Ericson: [Apple stuff snipped] > I need a very stable system on my new box because