I couldn't agree more. When I bought my first RS6K exclusively for Linux use (to work with IBM Linux-based thin clients), the quote explicitely had Linux all over it. It was shipped with AIX.
IBM's answer was to download the ISOs from my distro of choice (SuSE PPC in my case). I was also told that my support contract would not cover Linux questions.
It certainly didn't break my budget to spend the $US75 for the SuSE CDs and the 60-day support (which came in handy when using YAST with a 3151 terminal!), but I was very, very aggravated with IBM. Its a shame that IBM makes RS/6Ks and AS/4Cs: great hardware, difficult company.
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Re:Linux/PPC on IBM RS6K
Posted by: DCallaghan on June 18, 2002 11:35 PMIBM's answer was to download the ISOs from my distro of choice (SuSE PPC in my case). I was also told that my support contract would not cover Linux questions.
It certainly didn't break my budget to spend the $US75 for the SuSE CDs and the 60-day support (which came in handy when using YAST with a 3151 terminal!), but I was very, very aggravated with IBM. Its a shame that IBM makes RS/6Ks and AS/4Cs: great hardware, difficult company.
And Java really does fly on the platform!
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