[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Geekathon at the Museum of Computing, Swindon

[Tony Travis]

Dennis Holdroyd wrote:
> Thanks Rob your blog brought many happy hours back in recall with me 
> learning to program on a ZX81 and before that a ZX80 with dad 
> complaining I was taking over  the TV and messing about!!! he bought me 
> an old set for my room pure bliss Den

Hello, Dennis.

You were lucky [Oh, no - not that thread again!]...

Seriously, though, there was once an interesting diversity of PC 
hardware that has almost vanished down the Wintel plug-hole.

One of the few criticisms I would level at Ubuntu is for dropping it's 
support of the IBM 'Power' architecture. This is not just about running 
Ubuntu on Mac's, it's also about running Ubuntu on PS3's, which have an 
IBM Power architecture 'Cell' processor. Sony obviously think there is a 
market for Linux because they officially support TerraNova's Yellow Dog 
Linux on the PS3.

Anyway, the 'community' version of Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy) works very well 
on my 15" LCD iMac. I'll continue using Ubuntu on it as long as I can!

	Tony.
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