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

[Pierre T. <ta...@gm...>]

Probably the new macbook air might give some more live to this mailing list..
We 'll need to provide some  links to distribution that can install
from net and usb-key.


On Jan 25, 2008 10:28 AM, Soeren Sonnenburg <mac...@nn...> wrote:
> 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
>
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Pierre