pastygangsta694
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Is there any Linux-on-Mac emulators out there? I don't care if it is necessary to buy one. Thanks in advance
Linux Emulators
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nixgeek
Mac of the SubGenius! :-)
I don't think anything like that exists, but you can download a virtual machine that allows you to install various other operaing system in it. It basically emulates a particular CPU and system in order for the guest operating system to run.
Check this one out: It's called "Q" and is a Mac-friendly version of QEMU.
http://www.kberg.ch/q/
I've used it and it works pretty well. I was able to install ReactOS as well as a Linux distro for x86.
Of course, you could also attemp to dual-boot your Mac with OS X and a PPC based Linux distro like Ubuntu or its KDE sibling, Kubuntu.
Check this one out: It's called "Q" and is a Mac-friendly version of QEMU.
http://www.kberg.ch/q/
I've used it and it works pretty well. I was able to install ReactOS as well as a Linux distro for x86.
Of course, you could also attemp to dual-boot your Mac with OS X and a PPC based Linux distro like Ubuntu or its KDE sibling, Kubuntu.
Lt Major Burns
"Dicky" Charlteston-Burns
what's the difference between KDE and GNOME (is that right?)?
Both are desktop environments. KDE generally has more features and options, Gnome aims to reach simplicity but foregoes options/features. You can have both installed and try them out.
To the original poster: What do you want to achieve? Just run some linux software? Then you don't really need linux and might use recompiled versions directly on OS X (with X11 installed). Might want to take a look at our UNIX & X11 forum here on macosx.com.
To the original poster: What do you want to achieve? Just run some linux software? Then you don't really need linux and might use recompiled versions directly on OS X (with X11 installed). Might want to take a look at our UNIX & X11 forum here on macosx.com.
macco
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There is also Yellow Dog for PPC, which is a buit more develeoped from the apps point of view than ubuntu, but in the end both are good.
http://www.yellowdoglinux.com/index.shtml/
But as fryke says everything will woron on a OSX with X11 installed (almost everything that is, almost)
http://www.yellowdoglinux.com/index.shtml/
But as fryke says everything will woron on a OSX with X11 installed (almost everything that is, almost)
symphonix
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You don't need a Linux emulator if all you want to do is run some Linux software. I've run Gnome, Enlightenment, the Gimp, Abiword, OpenOffice and many many more apps without any real trouble.
I recommend you look into Fink at http://fink.sourceforge.net/ as this will let you install a huge range of open-source Unix software natively in OSX. If this is a little too tricky to handle, there is an app called FinkCommander that provides a graphical front-end and makes it a lot easier to navigate the Fink package manager.
I recommend you look into Fink at http://fink.sourceforge.net/ as this will let you install a huge range of open-source Unix software natively in OSX. If this is a little too tricky to handle, there is an app called FinkCommander that provides a graphical front-end and makes it a lot easier to navigate the Fink package manager.