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Saturday, March 30, 2002
http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/17007.html Could the Mac Be the Premiere Linux Platform? Ben Wilson, NewsFactor Network Since the introduction of the PowerPC processor, developers have been actively striving to create a flavor of Linux that runs efficiently on Apple hardware. Call it the "other" industrial-strength OS for Macs. Since the introduction of the PowerPC processor, developers have been actively striving to create a flavor of Linux that runs efficiently on Apple hardware while retaining the Mac's trademark ease of use. Terra Soft Solutions' Yellow Dog Linux 2.2 delivers support for newer Apple hardware, including improved nVidia and Radeon support for digital LCD screens. More importantly, it includes the Gnome 1.4 interface, which company officials claim is an "aesthetic rival to Mac OS X."...
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