[mythtv-users] OT - Mac Advocacy, was; Which SVN?

[Brian Wood]

On Mar 10, 2008, at 1:40 PM, David Brodbeck wrote:

>
> On Mar 10, 2008, at 12:02 PM, Brian Wood wrote:
>> You've been able to run Linux on a Mac for a long time, perhaps not  
>> as
>> "full-featured" a version but you could do basic stuff.
>
> That's true.  My experience with Linux is that non-Intel platforms
> tend to be buggier, though.  There just aren't as many eyes looking at
> the code.

Probably. I've run Linux on Sparcs, MIPS, PPC Macs, ARM and, my  
personal favorite, the late Alpha.

"Buggier" might not be the best description, certainly fewer "exotic"  
packages were ported, especially multimedia stuff. We were running  
with no dynamic libraries on the Alpha for more than a year after they  
were usable on intel, and the move to ELF was delayed as well.

Interestingly, the ARM CPU is now the third most popular CPU for  
Debian, probably because of the port to the NSLU2.

beww