I have a 12" powerbook that I've been dual-booting between OS X and Linux. Of more than slight irritation is the fact that the airport extreme still has no support in Linux. Given, this isn't really the fault of the OS, as <A HREF="http://www.broadcom.com/" title="broadcom.com">the manufacturer</a broadcom.com> <A HREF="http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/pipermail/yellowdog-general/2004-September/015889.html" title="terrasoftsolutions.com">refuses</a terrasoftsolutions.com> to provide any sort of docs to their hardware that would make writing the drivers a possibility. The reason of this eludes me, as 11g is not exactly a trade secret nowadays.
PPC users also lack the 3d acceleration capabilities that their x86 counterparts can now take for granted, as NVidia has never gotten around to compiling their drivers for PPC.
For these reasons, my advice to anyone who is considering buying Apple and wants to run Linux on the side: Look elsewhere.
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Posted by: beoba on December 11, 2004 06:53 AMPPC users also lack the 3d acceleration capabilities that their x86 counterparts can now take for granted, as NVidia has never gotten around to compiling their drivers for PPC.
For these reasons, my advice to anyone who is considering buying Apple and wants to run Linux on the side: Look elsewhere.
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