adamcrussellAug 29, 2025

Ok, hopefully the last #mklinux post for a while. I just found that earlier this year some very clever person worked out how to install mklinux with qemu!

https://www.reddit.com/r/qemu_kvm/comments/1j1v2p9/install_and_run_mklinux_r2_rc5_ppc_in_qemu/

This requires a Mac OS 9 installation ISO, but that can be found here https://archive.org/details/os-9-install-cd among other places.

#linux #mach #qemu

David NelsonSep 8, 2024
Obligatory reminder that http://www.mklinux.org is still online. DR3 was the first Linux I ever used. I had zero knowledge of *nix systems at the time so it was a seriously uphill battle, but I eventually got it to boot on my PowerBook 5300c. #VintageMac #VintageMacintosh #RetroComputing #MkLinux
Welcome to MkLinux.org

This is the official site for MkLinux, a port of Linux to the Power Macintosh, running Linux 2.0.xx on the OSF Mach 3 MicroKernel. This was originally a project by Apple Computer, Inc. and the Open Software Foundation.

Kabootie computeyJul 14, 2024
I got this PC Compatibility card sorted, so now I have #BeOS #MkLinux #MacOS and #Windows95 all booting on a single PCI Power Macintosh, all on bare metal. Thanks @RonsCompVids for the PC Compatibility Card #BlueSCSI images. More to come!
Show threadPaolo RedaelliAug 4, 2023
@boffbowsh
Because I used to love #apple before they got infatuated with #DRM, i.e. when they supported #MkLinux.
#asahilinux hackers of course deserve many kudos, yet I dream to see #Apple release specs for M1/2 so that #reverseengineering is not required.
Show threadMatt EggerJul 7, 2023
@atoponce #RedHat based #MkLinux, I think DR 2, in 1997 on a #PowerMac 6100. “Used” is a stretch… I think “fumbled around with” is more accurate, but that was were I got started. After that, #netbsd on my even older #MacIIsi. My first x86 Linux was probably #mandrake or #corellinux, but I’m not sure which
Mac84 🍏Jun 1, 2023

Presenting MkLinux Developer Release 1 (May 1996) for Apple Power Macintosh! 💿🐧

I spent good money on eBay so I could archive this historic disc. So fire up that Power Mac 6100! 🔥

Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/mklinux-developer-release-1-may-1996-apple-power-macintosh

#linux #mklinux #apple

MkLinux Developer Release 1 - May 1996 for Apple Power Macintosh : Apple Computer, Inc. : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

This is the first MkLinux release for Apple Power Macintosh computers.Developer Release version 1, from May 1996.Since this is the first release version the...

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Show thread1P1sces 🇪🇺Mar 15, 2023
@dipierro And… I still have a “Wallstreet” #Apple #PowerBook #G3 capable of booting #mklinux alongside #MacOS
Nicolas diPierroMar 15, 2023
Everyone, I present to you my very first purchase on #Amazon way back on the 27th of April, 1998. #mklinux #powermacintosh #retrocomputing #powerpc
Show threadLouis GerbargDec 25, 2022

@juandesant @dataandpolitics @glennf

1. The kernel (#xnu) was amalgamation of code that was mostly independent of NeXT. #NeXTSTEP was based on Mach 2.5 & 4.3BSD with an ObjC based DriverKit. xnu was built from #osfmk which was Mach 3.0 and ported to Mac HW as part of the #MkLinux project, a fresh rebase of 4.4BSD-Lites2, and the driver system (#IOKit) was a ground up redesign, despite the existence of DriverKit and NuIO.

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https://purl.org/rzr#Jan 24, 2021
www.mklinux.org/info/aboutfr.html# #MkLinux is an #OpenSource #operatingsystem which consists of an implementation of the #Linux operating system hosted on the #Mach #microkernel (#PowerMac #Retrocomputing ...)