“IBM’s decision to open up motherboard designs expected to
open up Linux and Darwin OS options.”
“Now that IBM is making PowerPC motherboard designs freely
available to hardware manufacturers, users are wondering what
software might run on the new systems.
“Developers, meanwhile, tell MacWEEK that the proposed new
PowerPC machine — a distant cousin of Apple’s G3 Power Macs —
should be able to run Apple’s open-source Darwin OS as well as a
PowerPC version of the Linux OS.”