Comments on: Calculating your Home Unix Score

By: Ben

Ben — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:37:16 +0000

It’s possible, but very difficult, to install linux on a real old-skool PowerBook. The “Old World ROM” era pretty much makes it impractical, and you have to do something boneheaded like bootstrap the system with OS 9.

My Unix score is surprisingly low…

By: Trace

Trace — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 12:56:56 +0000

Holy cow! You win. I only have 2: one with an aluminum case and one that puts the internets in my pocket. I used to have an old PowerMac that I had installed Yellow Dog Linux on, but I gave it away. I wonder if I could put Ubuntu on my old PowerBook? (I mean really old–black case, rainbow logo, thick as a brick, pre-G3.)

By: scyon

scyon — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 15:49:32 +0000

This is Unix, I know this:

- EEE PC 700 netbook (Ubuntu Linux)
- Nokia N800 (Maemo Linux)
- Powermac G4 Desktop (Ubuntu Linux)
- 2 custom built Intel Core 2 Duo Desktops (one for me, one for the SO, both run Ubuntu Linux)
- an old P4 Dell desktop with a 500GB hard drive acting as my local Ubuntu Mirror (Debian Linux)
- an old AMD gaming machine with various hard drives acting as my file server (Debian Linux)
- Linksys WRT-54G router (Tomato routing firmware based on Linux)

This is not Unix:

-Xbox
-Xbox 360
- Wii
- Gamecube
- PS2

Score Unix 8, Other 5. You beat me with the power of Chumby and iPhone, I salute you.