Re: [Mactel-linux-devel] support of the new iMac?

[Soeren S. <mac...@nn...>]

On Fri, 2008-01-25 at 09:51 +0100, Ludovic Rousseau wrote:
> On Nov 16, 2007 6:00 PM, Ludovic Rousseau <lud...@gm...>
> wrote:
> > 2007/8/28, Ludovic Rousseau <lud...@gm...>:
> > > Has anybody any info on the support of a GNU/Linux on the new
> iMac?
> > > In particular I am interested in reports regarding:
> > > - the video card ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO
> >
> > The radeonhd free software driver does not yet support this card.
> > But the card is supported by the proprietary AMD driver version
> 8.42.3.
> 
> The free software driver radeonhd [1] is now working correctly with
> this machine (iMac alu 24", model MA878LL [2])
[...]
> > Anybody is working on the support of this machine?
> 
> Am I the only one on earth using this computer and GNU/Linux?
> Or is this mailing list dead now?

I guess as all apple specific stuff is now in the main kernel there is
no big pressure for people to join the ml anymore.

Maybe a list of rough edges that need fixing would be a start for a
revival :-)

Soeren