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MkLinux and the pimped-out Apple Workgroup Server 9150

http://oldvcr.blogspot.com/2026/08/mklinux-and-pimped-out-apple-workgroup.html

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49140702

#HackerNews #MkLinux #AppleWorkgroupServer #technology #nostalgia #retrocomputing

5 pioneering @linux distros that quietly faded into history
#CentOS done. #MkLinux Done #YellowDogLinux done!
https://www.howtogeek.com/these-pioneering-linux-distros-quietly-faded-into-history/?link_source=ta_first_comment&taid=6a37e0681e28ef0001c241c2&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook

@fedora Darned if I know. I know it predates Fedora, probably Red Hat Linux 5.2-ish? It would have had something to do with #MkLinux

*Actual* Fedora contributions? Would have been indirectly via #Fuduntu, back around FC13-ish?

In any case, a long time ago. And the memory isn't what it once was.

#CommitHistory

Ok, hopefully the last #mklinux post for a while. I just found that earlier this year some very clever person worked out how to install mklinux with qemu!

https://www.reddit.com/r/qemu_kvm/comments/1j1v2p9/install_and_run_mklinux_r2_rc5_ppc_in_qemu/

This requires a Mac OS 9 installation ISO, but that can be found here https://archive.org/details/os-9-install-cd among other places.

#linux #mach #qemu

Obligatory reminder that http://www.mklinux.org is still online. DR3 was the first Linux I ever used. I had zero knowledge of *nix systems at the time so it was a seriously uphill battle, but I eventually got it to boot on my PowerBook 5300c. #VintageMac #VintageMacintosh #RetroComputing #MkLinux

I got this PC Compatibility card sorted, so now I have #BeOS #MkLinux #MacOS and #Windows95 all booting on a single PCI Power Macintosh, all on bare metal. Thanks @RonsCompVids for the PC Compatibility Card #BlueSCSI images. More to come!

@boffbowsh
Because I used to love #apple before they got infatuated with #DRM, i.e. when they supported #MkLinux.
#asahilinux hackers of course deserve many kudos, yet I dream to see #Apple release specs for M1/2 so that #reverseengineering is not required.

Presenting MkLinux Developer Release 1 (May 1996) for Apple Power Macintosh! 💿🐧

I spent good money on eBay so I could archive this historic disc. So fire up that Power Mac 6100! 🔥

Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/mklinux-developer-release-1-may-1996-apple-power-macintosh

#linux #mklinux #apple

@dipierro And… I still have a “Wallstreet” #Apple #PowerBook #G3 capable of booting #mklinux alongside #MacOS

Everyone, I present to you my very first purchase on #Amazon way back on the 27th of April, 1998. #mklinux #powermacintosh #retrocomputing #powerpc

@juandesant @dataandpolitics @glennf

1. The kernel (#xnu) was amalgamation of code that was mostly independent of NeXT. #NeXTSTEP was based on Mach 2.5 & 4.3BSD with an ObjC based DriverKit. xnu was built from #osfmk which was Mach 3.0 and ported to Mac HW as part of the #MkLinux project, a fresh rebase of 4.4BSD-Lites2, and the driver system (#IOKit) was a ground up redesign, despite the existence of DriverKit and NuIO.

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