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distortion:
this is probably a stupid question but, with palladium in place, will current distrobutions of linux still run on it? or is that information known yet?

Calum:
the correct answer is "it depends".

basically i cannot see them making a computer that linux cannot be ported to, however i think this new hardware will most likely run linux not as well as a real computer. that's just a guess though. And certainly existing versions of linux will not run on it. Somebody will need to actually post (*port) it to the new machines, which means that somebody needs to be convinced that it will be worth it before it will even start to happen.

[ October 21, 2002: Message edited by: Calum ]

Zombie9920:

quote:Originally posted by Calum:
the correct answer is "it depends".

basically i cannot see them making a computer that linux cannot be ported to, however i think this new hardware will most likely run linux not as well as a real computer. that's just a guess though. And certainly existing versions of linux will not run on it. Somebody will need to actually post it to the new machines, which means that somebody needs to be convinced that it will be worth it before it will even start to happen.
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Heh, Linux programmers have enough trouble making Winmodems work in Linux..so I seriously doubt they would be able to make Linux work on a Wineverything(not just winmodem) machine...or maybe it would be more appropriate to call the hardware a WinCPU and WinMotherboard.

Calum:
well i did think that myself, but a modem is most likely easier to emulate in the software than a motherboard and CPU is, don't you think?

also, it depends on the incentive. there are hundreds of different modems out there that are supposed to only work with windows, and many of them have linux drivers now, how many different windows only computers will there be? one. or maybe two or three different models. Plus, if some organisation (like mandrake or red hat) decides that their distro will be the first to work on this new platform, then the sky is the limit.

While we're at it, let's not forget that linux has been ported to TWELVE or so different CPU architectures in its time. I have yet to see Windows running on an Alpha or a Sparc.

mobrien_12:
MS once made a version of NT4 for Alpha.  Many hold to the opinion that it was made solely to teach Intel a lesson when Intel told MS that they wanted to start developing multimedia software.

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