IGM: Linux on an Mac SE? | Linux Today

IGM: Linux on an Mac SE?

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Mar 8, 1999

“Insanely Great Mac” contains a short on running Debian on your
Mac SE.

“Where’s your Mac SE or SE/30? I’ve got two sitting in storage
and one of them is a fish tank. Wired News reports on a group of
Linux developers who are trying to bring new life to antiquated
Macs. Michael Schmitz, post-doctoral student at UC Berkeley, is
heading a project to bring Linux to old 680X0 computers.”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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