atten: Linux/ppc users (re: Mac on Linux)

stimulistimuli
Posted:
in Mac Software edited January 2014
<a href="http://maconlinux.net/sshots/pic12.jpg"; target="_blank">http://maconlinux.net/sshots/pic12.jpg</a>;



Mac on Linux now runs OSX...



That screenshot has OSX.1 OSX.2 and OS9 running concurrently.



Keen!



Yeah, yeah, I know, there's like 3 linux users who frequent these boards. Yes, I know, I'm one of them. Whatever, this is pretty cool and a major technical challenge for MOL developers.



ciao,



stimuli

Comments

  • Reply 1 of 7
    proud ibook owner 2k2proud ibook owner 2k2 Posts: 1,011member
    FINALLY!! hehehhe... when i have to reformat next im gonna installl OS 9 and OS 10.2 as well as Yellow Dog Linux!! YEAH!! its about time.
  • Reply 2 of 7
    ghost_user_nameghost_user_name Posts: 22,667member
    WOW. That does look interesting.

    Too bad I don't use Linux. Blech!



    Any comments on performance or speed?

    (yes, I know it's not "emulated" in the traditional sense.)
  • Reply 3 of 7
    proud ibook owner 2k2proud ibook owner 2k2 Posts: 1,011member
    from what ive read it runs the same speed as it does independantly! its running on a PPC processor... its got the native hardware there.
  • Reply 4 of 7
    proud ibook owner 2k2proud ibook owner 2k2 Posts: 1,011member
    -From the MacOnLinux website:



    [quote]Feature List

    Â*

    - Supports MacOS 7.5.2 to 9.2.2, 10.1 and 10.2

    - Linux can be booted inside MOL

    - Full screen video

    - MMU accelereaded X video

    - Audio support

    - Block device support (Ide, Scsi, Zip, Jaz)

    - ADB & USB support for mouse and keyboard

    - Ethernet

    - Runs natively - good speed!

    - Very compatible

    - Idle sleep (8.6 or later)

    - Session save and restore (temporary unavailable)

    - AltiVecÂ? support

    - Multi-session support

    <hr></blockquote>



    Brad there ya have it.
  • Reply 5 of 7
    razzfazzrazzfazz Posts: 728member
    [quote]Originally posted by Proud iBook Owner 2k2:

    <strong>from what ive read it runs the same speed as it does independantly! its running on a PPC processor... its got the native hardware there.</strong><hr></blockquote>



    While it's indeed running on the native processor ISA (and thus is inherently faster than something like VirtualPC), it's still slower than running MacOS directly, because all hardware abstraction, scheduling, virtual memory handling etc. now happens twice (in the guest OS and again in the host OS).



    Bye,

    RazzFazz
  • Reply 6 of 7
    stimulistimuli Posts: 564member
    Video's the only noticeably slowish part of MOL (running os9). App performance takes very little penalty. Unless you are madly multitasking in Linux, in which case it's probably slow as molasses.



    MOL-asses? Hah haa haa ha heh.. oh, never mind.
  • Reply 7 of 7
    proud ibook owner 2k2proud ibook owner 2k2 Posts: 1,011member
    Originally posted by stimuli:

    [quote] Unless you are madly multitasking in Linux, in which case it's probably slow as molasses.



    MOL-asses? Hah haa haa ha heh.. oh, never mind. <hr></blockquote>



    heh Stim, though thats corny it is kinda funny. I get it.
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