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Mac-on-Linux is a linux/ppc program which makes it possible to run Mac OS in parallel with Linux.

MOL is primarily intended to be used by those who run linux/ppc as their main operating system but still want to be able to run that occasional Mac OS application. Other possible applications include:

development
hardware simulation
server applications
compatibility testing

Technology:

No CPU emulation very fast!
No ROM image needed
Complete MMU virtualization
Idle sleep (8.6 or later)
Very compatible
Multi-session support
603, 604, G3 and G4 support

Device support:

Full screen video (fbdev, xdga)
MMU accelereaded X11 video
CD burners
Generic SCSI
Generic USB
Audio
Networking
AltiVec support

OS: PPC
Requirements: A PowerPC CPU (603, 604, G3 or G4) Linux/ppc with a 2.4 or 2.6 kernel Mac OS 8.6* or later Mac OS X 10.1 or later * MOL can run MacOS 7.5.2 and later in "oldworld" mode. However, this requires an image of a supported boot ROM.
Whats new:
Version 0.9.72.2:

Added nvram.x installation
Fix bootstrap check
Fix dmdma.c strict aliasing warning
Make sure that log and lock dirs are created
Integrated BootX with the build system
Added check for zlib
Fixed test invocations (== is invalid)
Fixed VT Switching
Removed Sheep from defconfig
Fixed Ubuntu -fno-stack-protector bug
Removed duplicate nvram, fix doesn't really work
Some docs cleanups, changed the website address
Removed libimport script
Fixed another MacOS segfault on startup
Ensured that all read/write/seek disk pointers are set properly
Removed some debugging text
Fixed MacOS ethernet softlock (Thanks SolraBizna for noticing)
Fixed MacOS segfault on startup (Thanks to SolraBizna for noticing)
Changed BootX Read to pass addresses instead of casting them as long
Fixed BootX read size bug preventing booting on QCOW/DMG
Cleaned up a bunch of gcc4 issues
Removed TUN from defconfig
Updated network driver help info
Integrated patch from Marcus Comstedt for USB mice
Removed linux/compiler.h from USB to fix Ubuntu issue
Fix mol-img bug
Added support to recognize HFSX disks
Added bootx source to main MOL build (with backports from newer BootX)
Fixed gcc4 include issue

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