iMac G3 – The Mac that saved Apple

Re:iMac G3 – The Mac that saved Apple by lisper on Wednesday December 30, 2020 @02:10AM (#25579373)

I actually think it would be possible to use Linux as a core and build a reasonable userland on top of it, just like MacOS did with Darwin. But it would be a boatload of work.

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Re:iMac G3 – The Mac that saved Apple by pjmlp on Wednesday December 30, 2020 @03:03AM (#25579614)

Cough, Android and ChromeOS.

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Re:iMac G3 – The Mac that saved Apple by lisper on Wednesday December 30, 2020 @11:32AM (#25583061)

Yeah, like those. But my dream is an OS that is usable for non-hackers while preserving the Linux ethos of leaving the user with ownership of their machine. That does not currently exist AFAIK.

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Re:iMac G3 – The Mac that saved Apple by pjmlp on Wednesday December 30, 2020 @11:49AM (#25583232)

I don't see that ever happening, because too many just keep rebooting UNIX instead, as seen by all GNU/Linux based phone attempts.

And the companies that have the power to drive it into newer territories, like Google, don't care about providing yet another UNIX clone, just reducing the kernel development costs.

Had Inferno been a success, I bet we would also see blog posts on how to dump Limbo, replace ACME with vim, and have the GNU userland on it.

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Re:iMac G3 – The Mac that saved Apple by lisper on Wednesday December 30, 2020 @12:06PM (#25583410)

> I don't see that ever happening

I don't either. But a boy can dream.

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