ppc questions (was Re: [CentOS] CentOS 4U2 timing.)
Chris Mauritz
chrism at imntv.com
Thu Sep 15 13:24:44 UTC 2005
Karanbir Singh wrote:
> Ed Clarke wrote:
>
>> The ppc64 arch is likely to become much more important once the
>> Sony-Toshiba-IBM processor
>> gets into consumer hands. The new Sony playstation is supposed to use it
>
>
> We will have a ppc64 installer out in time with CentOS 4.2. We already
> have a ppc distro tree[1] that installs and runs fine on Apple Mac /
> IBM 32bit Power Machines.
>
> [1] presently in beta stage, since we are building this to work with
> and continue to work with ppc32 hardware ( which RHEL does not do ).
>
The 32bit PPC release is for the older G3/G4 macs, no? I've got a pile
of unused G4 400-800mhz powermacs just sitting around that I'd love to
get some use out of, but I don't think they'd be very responsive with
OSX tiger. My children's school has a lab full of Macs so I'm wondering
if I donated the machines, installed CentOS and then volunteered some
time each week to train someone how to maintain them, that might be
better than having them collect dust at the office.
As for PPC64, has anyone done benchmarking between a ppc64 and OSX
system on the same G5 hardware?
Cheers,
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