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I'm looking for a free Linux system for my Mac. I'm wondering which is the best one for me. I'm fairly expirienced with Unix and X11 and computers in general, but I don't want something to tough to use. I've heard Yellow Dog (Red Hat Port) is one of the best.
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try fedora core 2 i dont know much about linux and it is pretty easy to use.
Linux distros for PowerPC:
http://www.linuxiso.org/finddistro.php
Out of the above, I'd suggest Yellow Dog or Mandrake.
http://www.linuxiso.org/finddistro.php
Out of the above, I'd suggest Yellow Dog or Mandrake.
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My personal preference is Debian. I'm a really big fan of all of my systems running the same, if not similar OSes, and Debian runs on as many platforms as NetBSD. Not only that, but it's got thousands of packages available through apt
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I think I'll try YDL on my old iMac, wish me luck. Has anyone had any major problems after installing YDL or any distro?
Hello,
YDL worked fine for me on the Mac. I had it on my Powerbook G3, and on a Workgroup Server. I like OS X better than Linux on a server, but YDL was very nice on the older hardware.
I also ran MKLinux on my Powermac 7100, but that is out of production, and no longer supported. YDL doesn't work with NuBus (remember that?) computers.
Enjoy!
Christian
YDL worked fine for me on the Mac. I had it on my Powerbook G3, and on a Workgroup Server. I like OS X better than Linux on a server, but YDL was very nice on the older hardware.
I also ran MKLinux on my Powermac 7100, but that is out of production, and no longer supported. YDL doesn't work with NuBus (remember that?) computers.
Enjoy!
Christian
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Originally Posted by kc0arf
Hello,
YDL worked fine for me on the Mac. I had it on my Powerbook G3, and on a Workgroup Server. I like OS X better than Linux on a server, but YDL was very nice on the older hardware.
I also ran MKLinux on my Powermac 7100, but that is out of production, and no longer supported. YDL doesn't work with NuBus (remember that?) computers.
Enjoy!
Christian
Alex Cavnar, aka alc6379
Hi Alex,
MKLinux was running on my PowerMac 7100 back in 1992 - 96 timeframe. Long time ago. I thought it was quite good for what I was asking for... linux, connectivity to the internet via the external modem. Could compile things at home and then get them working, and then FTP them up to the school stuff and test them there.
I would not recommend it at all, unless you have some older computer around like a 7100 that you would like to work it though.
Christian
MKLinux was running on my PowerMac 7100 back in 1992 - 96 timeframe. Long time ago. I thought it was quite good for what I was asking for... linux, connectivity to the internet via the external modem. Could compile things at home and then get them working, and then FTP them up to the school stuff and test them there.
I would not recommend it at all, unless you have some older computer around like a 7100 that you would like to work it though.
Christian
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Originally Posted by kc0arf
Hi Alex,
MKLinux was running on my PowerMac 7100 back in 1992 - 96 timeframe. Long time ago. I thought it was quite good for what I was asking for... linux, connectivity to the internet via the external modem. Could compile things at home and then get them working, and then FTP them up to the school stuff and test them there.
I would not recommend it at all, unless you have some older computer around like a 7100 that you would like to work it though.
Christian
Alex Cavnar, aka alc6379
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