On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 2:48 AM, Zeljko Jovanovic < zelj...@tesla.rcub.bg.ac.rs> wrote:
> On 09.04.2014. 18:24, Fil Di Noto wrote: > >> Is there any hope of OpenBSD running on IBM Power hardware (System P, >> LPAR) in the future? >> > ... > > OS on that hardware without cooperation from IBM? I don't see any >> Linux distros that do not have a relationship with IBM that run on >> Power. >> > > Slackware Linux has an IBM port, although it has not been updated for > several years now: http://www.slack390.org > > I am not sure what are the differences between largest IBM machines > (System Z, formerly known as System/390), and smaller systems such as > System P. But I am sure that Slackware project certainly does not have a > relationship with any company. > > By the way, as you probably know, Slackware is the oldest surviving Linux > distribution, and adversises as the most "UNIX-like" among Linuxes. Also, > its /etc layout is of BSD type, not System V like in other Linux > distribution. The overall "look and feel" after instalation is similar to > OpenBSD. Even the BSD games packages, with fortune program enabled by > default is there. :)
