Think Differently. Think MkLinux "MkLinux is an Open Source
operating system which consists of an implementation of the
Linux operating system hosted on the Mach microkernel. We
estimate that there are somewhere between 50,000 and 100,000
MkLinux users. A significant number of the installed MkLinux
systems are being used in mission-critical applications." (1)
During the early years, most MkLinux development occurred either
at Apple or at The Open Group Research Institute in Grenoble,
France. MkLinux Developer Release 1 (DR1) was released in early
1996. Later that year, DR2 was released, incorporating numerous
bug fixes. The Linux server was updated to the 2.0.x source base
shortly thereafter. At about the same time, (December, 1996) PCI
machines were supported and DR2.1 was completed and incorporated
into Apple's "Reference Release". DR2.1 was released a few
months later. With the exception of shared library support and
support for 603e machines, very little changed until the
appearance of the G3 PowerMacs in