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Originally Posted by bboy_sonik  Oh and also.... erm.. doesnt Mac PowerPC run an iteration of Unix/BeOS, not Linux?? I know for a FACT that Mac OSX is a mutant of BeOS, and i'm pretty sure the Mac OS has always been a Unix based OS, branching towards/relating to BeOS. Linux is a LOT different to Unix, plz don't get them mixed up. |
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Originally Posted by jcoolkatzerg Yellow Dog is based on Fedora Core and runs on a Mac Power PC architecture |
Yes, Mac OSX is based on Unix, but this is Linux runing on a Mac. I don't mean OSX is based on Linux, I ment that Yellow Dog is compiled for a Power PC CPU. Power PC refers to the type of CPU in the computer, not the operating system on it. I was also differing from the Intel based Macs. A quick search on wikipedia will clear things up:
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Originally Posted by wikipedia Operating systems used in embedded PowerPC systems include the QNX real-time operating system, LynxOS real-time operating system, VxWorks and BlueCat embedded Linux from LynuxWorks. Yellow Dog Linux and PowerPC Linux are also two other flavors of Linux that run on the PowerPC. Apple's Macintosh System 7.1.2 through Mac OS X run on PowerPC-based Macintoshes and Macintosh clones. FreeBSD, NetBSD, and OpenBSD all run on some systems with PowerPC processors, with NetBSD running on considerably more PPC-based systems than other *BSDs. |
Saying that a Power PC will only run OSX is like saying a MIPS will only run the PSP F/W, when my mp3 player uses a MIPS core.