Книга: Fedora™ Unleashed, 2008 edition

Fedora on the PPC Platform

Fedora on the PPC Platform

In recognition of the wide availability of the Power architecture, The Fedora Project decided to simultaneously release a PPC version of Fedora starting with Fedora 4. Fedora 8 continues in this vein, and you are able to run Fedora natively on Apple power-based hardware such as PowerMacs, iMacs, and the Mac mini, not to mention the very tasty PowerBooks.

Of course, now that Apple has moved across to Intel processors, it will leave a large gap in the market. Vendors such as IBM and Genesis will still produce and in IBM's case, develop the PowerPC platform beyond the current crop of G4- and G5-based machines.

You maybe didn't realize it, but your PlayStation 3 can run Fedora, because the Cell processor is part of the PPC family. Check out the release notes for more information on using your PS3 console.

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