[Nubus-pmac-users] Re: Re: Uploaded to SF, was Re: New miboot.iso

[Daniel G. <da...@gi...>]

On Mon, 30 Jan 2006 11:46:41 +0100, Tobias Netzel wrote:

> Hi Florian,
> 
> you seem to want to get rid of MacOS.

I get the opposite impression, because getting rid of MacOS is so doable
on these machines, that I think if it were his intention, he would have
done so already.

> I don't think that this would be worth the work.

No new work is necessary. Everything needed has already been done.

> MacOS isn't bad despite of its memory management.
> Use each OS for the things it is written for.
> I like the simplicity of MacOS; it's pretty easy to let it do what you  
> want it to do and there aren't hundreds of parameters you can adjust.
> But the classic MacOS deals pretty bad with memory demanding  
> applications such as browsing modern web sites.
> In terms of stability, multitasking and flexibility linux is the only  
> way to go.
> 
> So my opinion is to use MacOS to control the bootup settings.

If you don't have MacOS, you have no need to control the boot settings.
It's only useful for those who wish to dual-boot, in which case, you're
right: Use what's available, where it's available. With the availability
of support for the hardware in the kernel, the requirements for making a
Linux box out of such a machine would be pretty much complete.

> Completing the hardware support of the linux kernel is in my opinion  
> much more useful than getting rid of MacOS - and I don't think you will  
> need to switch boot partitions every day.
> 
> Best regards,
> Tobias