Yesterday we reported on some success in booting Linux on an iMac. Today brings news of Knoppix 4 booting on a Macintel - the first time of which we're aware that someone has gotten X to work.
According to the site, "we have been looking at Linux on this hardware some more, and we are glad to report that we now have a full-fledged Knoppix distribution working, complete with the X Window system.
Once we have tested the system a bit more, we will try to release a full Knoppix distribution through Bit Torrent. We also have to trawl through the kernel source and the umpteen kernel "config" files so that we can release a coherent set of patches."
The pictures show that while they're close to having it work perfectly... they’re not quite there yet. Nevertheless, great work guys.
EDIT: Here is a page where they go into great depth as to how they've progressed. Interesting reading.
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