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What's crazy is that MkLinux was actually Linux-on-Mach, not just a baremetal PowerPC Linux. The work they did to port Mach to PowerPC for MkLinux was then reus
by kalleboo 2y ago
What's crazy is that MkLinux was actually Linux-on-Mach, not just a baremetal PowerPC Linux. The work they did to port Mach to PowerPC for MkLinux was then reused in the port of NeXTSTEP Mach to PowerPC. Everything was very intertwined.
- masswerk 2y agoAlso, MkLinux wasn't that stable. I experimented a bit with it at the time and it wasn't really ripe for production. It kind of worked, but there would have been lots of work to be invested (probably more than Apple could afford) to turn this into a mainstream OS.