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Re: Linux now on AppleTV

__/ [ none ] on Wednesday 11 April 2007 06:17 \__

> Over at the #awkwardtv IRC channel, poster "Beyond" just announced that
> he's gotten Gentoo installed and running on his Apple TV. He used the
> mach_linux_kernel maker from mactel_linux (aka Gimli's loader). The OS
> (2.6.20.6 with the AppleTV patch) seems to be up and working after a few
> initial problems (now solved) with repeating characters.
> 
> http://www.tuaw.com/2007/04/10/linux-on-apple-tv/

It's pretty pointless, apart from being a nice proof-of-concept showoff. One
can get a fanless PC to do all the same things. It would cost under $200 and
require no tinkering.

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