Linux beats Windows to Intel iMac 537
Ctrl+Alt+De1337 writes "The Mactel-Linux folks have now successfully booted Linux on a 17" Core Duo iMac. They used the elilo bootloader, a modified kernel, and a hacked vesafb to boot from a USB drive. No GUI pictures for now, just white text on a black background. The distro of choice was Gentoo, and instructions and patches are promised this weekend."
Great! (Score:4, Funny)
Oh boy! (Score:5, Funny)
i wasn't aware there was a competition (Score:4, Funny)
Comment removed (Score:5, Funny)
Windows Vista still in the running (Score:4, Funny)
Why the delay... (Score:5, Funny)
Damn, now I feel depressed.... (Score:5, Funny)
I'm not even smart enough to get Gentoo booting off my PC!
Saves memory (Score:5, Funny)
The worst thing is that I'm actually going to college with people that have that very same dinosaur mentality that I just spoofed. Then again, a little fancy ASM code in all of the C++ flying around really could speed things up, but I just have more of a preference towards ASM over higher level stuff.
Call CNN! (Score:5, Funny)
Linux on iMac - so what? (Score:5, Funny)
Before anyone asks... (Score:3, Funny)
The answer is "because you can".
Re:+1 obvious (Score:3, Funny)
NetBSD? (Score:3, Funny)
oblig (Score:1, Funny)
Intel beats YOU.
sorry, couldn't help myself.
Re:Saves memory (Score:5, Funny)
Black on white. Two colors: ONE BIT DISPLAYS!
Re:Windows on iMac? (Score:1, Funny)
Is Microsoft planning this? Does Jobs approve of it, or will he used the DMCA to keep Microsoft of his farm?
Ummm... what is your native language? "of his farm???"
In other news.... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Honestly, did anyone think Windows would be fir (Score:3, Funny)
Besides which, with the skill and numbers of Linux fanboys, I'd almost have expected Linux to beat OSX to the punch, ya know? Dollars to doughnuts that they would've, given an equal shot at it.
Re:NetBSD? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Modified kernel? (Score:5, Funny)
dddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddd ddddddddddddddddddddddd
Re:i wasn't aware there was a competition (Score:5, Funny)
Clearly its obvious this will show computer users worldwide that OSX' graphical user interface is far superior to the Linux' shell, thus making them buy Apple boxen.
Netcraft confirms it: Linux is dead.
Re:oblig (Score:5, Funny)
Intel beats YOU.
Seeing a 5-digit UID post this is a bit like watching one's respected grandfather get drunk at a town-hall meeting and puke all over the podium.
hardcore (Score:3, Funny)
Wuss. You're not hardcore unless you pluck the whiskers out individually
OT: Oblig. Cheney (Score:2, Funny)
There won't be one. We're kind of hoping he starts a trend.
Quick, call Dvorak (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Slashdotted (Score:3, Funny)
Hey you Apple zealots out there, now THIS is proof that Mac OSX got dwarf'd out there!
Re:Saves memory (Score:5, Funny)
A friend I went to university was recently boasting about his latest hardware acquisition - a colossal Apple monitor (I'm pretty sure it was the 30in Cinema display) and an appropriately speedy graphics card for his PC to drive it.
He uploaded a photo. He runs nothing but Xterms, tiled across the display thanks to some ultra-primitive window manager.
I nearly flew across the Atlantic in order to beat him to death with my prehistoric gaming CRT...
Re:Slashdotted (Score:1, Funny)
So the command line works! Awesome!
You mean you've created another ls/bash/sed/awk/perl/tcl/python heaven??
I can die now.
Re:Oh boy! (Score:2, Funny)
New mod category? (Score:2, Funny)
Then watch THIS! (Score:3, Funny)