[Rule-list] non-x86 hardware ... heaps of old Macs need RULE

[isaac]

Hello,

I looked over the archive and didn't see anything about non-x86
hardware.

I'd really like to see old Macs supported by RULE (especially the m68k
ones), because they've been pretty much abandoned by Apple.

There are distros of Linux that run on PowerPC and m68k (much of the
hard work is already done), but support by a project like RULE is needed
for all the same reasons ... old slow CPUs, very low RAM, small HD's,
low-res/low-color video. 

The great thing about many old Apple boxen is they are extremely
well-built. You could drop them down the stairs and they'll probably
still work. Why waste them?

One thing I like to do is spruce up old Macs for organizations I support
(such as www.stolenlives.org). I'd love to give them a modern, snappy
Linux instead of a sluggy old Mac "System 7" that you can't get recent
software for.

I don't personally have the expertise or time to play this role within
the RULE project, but I'm here to urge you to reach out to people
working on PPC and m68k distros (such as SuSE, Debian, Mandrake, Yellow
Dog) and try to get some of the people who already know Apple hardware
to join the RULE project.

-isaac



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