I had always thought about using Fedora… it seemed like there was something to it. Too bad, though. This thing's going to my parents in a few weeks and I don't want to confuse them with a dual-boot system (other than 9 and X). What would the differences be between Fedora and Debian/Ubuntu?
On Feb 25, 8:57 pm, Chris W Tucker <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 5:37 PM, PM7500 <[email protected]> wrote: > > Most Mac compatible versions of Linux lag behind the latest stable > > version for x86 ever since Apple dropped the PowerPC. It's left to the > > community to keep the PPC fork up to date now because PowerPC isn't > > considered mainstream anymore so the devs of the official releases > > can't be bothered. Fewer people working to keep the fork up to date > > means longer lag time between releases and the PPC version falling > > farther and farther behind the latest x86 builds. > > I would say that is only somewhat accurate. As a Fedora Contributor, and > Ambassador, who happily runs Fedora current on my machines, I can tell you > first hand, Fedora is cutting edge, not stale. > It can also be said that is moves too fast sometimes. The community (Fedora) > is very active. I am running current versions of anything needed. > Chris -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Books, a group for those using G3 iBooks and PowerBooks (we run a separate list for G4 'Books). The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g-books Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/
