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MkLinux

MkLinux was a project begun by the OSF Research Institute (now Silicomp RI) and Apple Computer to port Linux, a freely distributed UNIX-like operating system, to a variety of Power Macintosh platforms running on top of OSF Research Institute's implementation of the Mach microkernel.

MkLinux was officially announced at The 1996 World Wide Developers Conference (WWDC). A free CD containing a binary distribution of MkLinux was handed out to the attendees.

This is one of three Unix-related projects at Apple, A/UX and Apple's current OS- OS X are also Unix related. Much code used in this project made it's way to OS X.

[2nd DL]: MkLinux DR3, a newer Developer Release, this one is from July 1998 (zipped .ISO)
MD5 checksum & filename: d16ea0125eb43947f1caee949f5151d6 *mklinux-dr3-98.zip
 

CD has been used successfully on a PowerMac 6100. -PowerPup

Originally sourced via MkLinux.org (now a Wayback Machine archive of the original site), the CD .ISO itself is not archived at the Internet Archive.

Compatibility
Architecture: PPC

MkLinux DR3 will run on the following PowerPC-based Macintoshes:

    Power Macintosh  6100                Power Macintosh  9500
    Performa         61xx                Power Macintosh  9500/180MP
    Workgroup Server 6150                Power Macintosh  9515
    Power Macintosh  7100                Power Macintosh  9600
    Power Macintosh  8100                Power Macintosh  9600/200MP
    Power Macintosh  8115                Workgroup Server 9650
    Workgroup Server 8150
    Workgroup Server 9150                Power Macintosh  4400
                                         Power Macintosh  5400
    Power Macintosh  7200                Performa         54xx
    Power Macintosh  7215                Power Macintosh  5500
    Power Macintosh  7220                Performa         6360
    Workgroup Server 7250                Power Macintosh  6400
    Power Macintosh  7300                Performa         64xx
    Workgroup Server 7350                Power Macintosh  6500
    Power Macintosh  7500                20th Anniversary Macintosh
    Power Macintosh  7600
    Power Macintosh  8200                PowerBook 3400
    Power Macintosh  8500                Power Macintosh G3 Desktop
    Power Macintosh  8515                Power Macintosh G3 Minitower
    Workgroup Server 8550                PowerBook G3
    Power Macintosh  8600

View the DR3 Release Notes here.

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