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Re:Linux Desktop on Apple Silicon/M1 in Practice by uncledave on Wednesday March 03, 2021 @02:38AM (#26325735)
We did actually but Acorn canned it https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoebe_(computer)
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Re:Linux Desktop on Apple Silicon/M1 in Practice by guerrilla on Wednesday March 03, 2021 @04:18AM (#26326271)
That's not what he means by PC. He means an open standard that anyone can build against with comparability between products.
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Re:Linux Desktop on Apple Silicon/M1 in Practice by uncledave on Wednesday March 03, 2021 @10:02AM (#26329199)
That’s exactly what it was. Two other vendors were going to launch as well.
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Re:Linux Desktop on Apple Silicon/M1 in Practice by STRML on Wednesday March 03, 2021 @08:12AM (#26327846)
The Phoebe's launch OS (RISC OS 4) was codenamed "Ursula". Unfortunately, shortly into its development, the Phoebe went on an (indefinite) break.
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Re:Linux Desktop on Apple Silicon/M1 in Practice by rbanffy on Wednesday March 03, 2021 @06:02AM (#26326902)
In 1998, it would be an excellent opportunity to use Linux. At the time, I was playing with Apple's MkLinux on PowerMacs.
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Re:Linux Desktop on Apple Silicon/M1 in Practice by guywhocodes on Wednesday March 03, 2021 @04:22AM (#26326293)
Very interesting, the reason for cancelling seems to largely hold true today.
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