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Article #290Re: Can I install Linux on a PowerPC ?
From: Serge Egelman
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1998 00:00
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1998 00:00
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just out of curiosity, wouldn't the byte order by the same as a an alpha? In which case you would need to use alpha binaries rather than pc? serge Philippe Laliberte wrote: > >>>>> "Veli" == Veli Uysal <askim@picknowl.com.au> writes: > > Veli> I have a question out of quriosity!! Would it be possible to > Veli> install linux on a PowerPc machine?? How about the new G3 > Veli> models ? wouldn't they be faster then the intel versions? > > I did a quick install test yesterday of pre DR3 on a G3 266 > SCSI and went well. I didn't had time to test it touroughly but I > could use all tool I wanted out from the box. > > -- > Bonne journ�e, > _________________________________________________________________ > |Philippe Laliberte | http://www.oeil.qc.ca/~arsphl/ | > | arsphl@oeil.qc.ca | NO SPAM PLEASE | > _________________________________________________________________
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