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Re: [LUG] Linux in Schools/Colleges/Unis - was: Why are there so few women in our LUG - does this indicate there are few female Linux users ?

 

On Thu, 17 Jan 2008 23:10:32 +0000
Paul Sutton wrote:

> Cool, that could be one way of getting schools out of the mire they
> are in,  switch to mac,  would annoy microsoft big time, learn to
> play by the rules,  the HARD way,  in fact I think schools should get
> a few macs just to show there is another way.  At least a mac can be
> dual booted to Linux (I think anyway).
> 
> Paul

Yep, Macs can be dual-booted with Linux.  Some Macs are easier to do
this with than others.  If you have a PowerPC/G3/G4/G5 Mac, then you're
looking (obviously) at the PPC variants of Linux.  The G* Macs are
relatively easy to dual-boot, and indeed are pretty much the same as
standard x86 machines to install onto.  Now the PowerPC variants (I
know G*s are technically PowerPC based machines, but the ones I mean
were called "PowerPC" Macintoshes) came in 2 flavours... "Old World"
and "New World".  If you have a "New World" PowerPC Macintosh, you're
laughing as these are essentially the same structure as the G*s... if,
however, you have an "Old World" Macintosh, then getting the bloody
thing to run Linux is a whole different kettle of fish.

Guess what type of Mac I have.  Grrr.

(Apple Macintosh 5500/225 PowerPC was the correct answer, by the way.)

Grant. :)

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