[X4U] [Will Macs run Lenix?

[..lj]

On Jan 27, 2007, at 22:08, john wrote:

>> At 11:05 PM -0800 1/24/07, john wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On Jan 24, 2007, at 10:40 PM, john wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> All you great Mac folks---  Question:  Will the new Intel Macs  
>>>>> run Lenix?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Not sure what the heck "Lenix" is, but if you're referring to  
>>>> Linux, yes, they run it just fine. As do the PowerPC Macs.  
>>>> Ubuntu is a popular choice these days.
>>>>
>>> -patch
>>>
>>> Yes, Linux, that's what I meant!  I don't use it, I am a terrible  
>>> speller, and well no other excuses.  Got the proper spelling in  
>>> the dictionary now so may not be a spelling problem in the future  
>>> (no guarantees though).  Thanks for the VERY fast reply.
>>
>> Here I thought you'd mistyped asking if Mac's can run Lunix :^)   
>> If that was the question then you'd first have to find a C-64  
>> emulator. :^)
>>
>> My apologies, I simply couldn't resist the bad joke.  Believe it  
>> or not Lunix is a "Unix Clone" for the Commodore 64.
>>
>> I am curious, what does Linux offer that Mac OS X doesn't?  I've  
>> been running Linux for just over 15 years now, and once I  
>> *finally* moved to Mac OS X, I no longer needed a Linux box for  
>> most things. I do have a couple systems that run Linux, but I  
>> basically never boot into it.
>>
>> Zane
>
> First, thanks to all who have responded to my spelling error  
> question.  Our son is a programer, right now for a firm that  
> receives, stores and sends medical scans and x rays.  He is going  
> to go back to school and we are willing to buy him a new computer  
> for same.  We are Mac folks 100% and feel the Macs are a better  
> system and better built to name just 2 positive things about them.   
> Our son started on Macs but once in college, switched to Windows  
> because all that he was doing was on that platform.  Now that he  
> has been out in the real world a few years, there is a lot of work  
> done using Linux that he is doing and he needs a system to work in  
> Linux, thus the question.
>
> He will be using this machine (what ever he ends up getting) both  
> for work in school (Master and maybe higher) as well as at work/ 
> home.  So now you know "The rest of the story!".
>
> Thanks again for the help.
>
> John Dach
> _______________________________________________

The new Intel Macs will run Mac OSX, Windows, and Linux. (I use the  
UBUNTU distro). I also have a PPC version of UBUNTU running on a 467  
Mhz G4.
..lj