Hi Bob and Yersinia,
I have Ubuntu Hoary on my G3 iMac 350. It works well.
Has the speed. It should've worked Bob if it worked for me. Was this
Warty you tried?
Self burned CD maybe? G3 to G5 is supposed to be new generation of Mac
and supported.
I read though on the forums there is some problems with the display. So
it maybe loading but all you see is black. That can be worked out. Read
the forums.
Uhm also try Debian for PPC,Slackintosh,SUSE PPC,or my fave VidaLinux
based on Gentoo.
SUSE and Vidal worked for me too on my iMac,but SUSE is sluggish with
64mb of Ram.
Yersinia wrote:
Bob writes,
<I hope you have better luck putting Ubantu on a Beige G3
then I did. I tried putting PPC version 5.04 on five
different Beige G3s with no luck. Also tried a Wallstreet
with no luck.
If you get it working (I believe there is a newer version
out) I would appreciate an e-mail or at least a posting on
the list to let me know what working version you are using.
I have known others to use Ubantu and love it. The "try out
disk" called "live CD" is a nice way to test it without
installing it. I have tried both the "try out" and the
install disks without success. The live CD won't boot and
the install disk won't boot from YDL.>
Hmmmm, well, the CDs aren't here yet, so I haven't gotten to try Ubuntu
just yet. However, yes, when I do, I'll be sure to drop you and/or the
List an email with the status report.
As to YDL, I couldn't find it, and was told that even if I did, it would
take a whole week for me to download it on my 56K dialup connection, and
then I'd be lucky if it came through without corruption. Since I can't do
without a telephone for a week, and also since folks here were
recommending Ubuntu -- and then I found out Ubuntu would send free CDs
for the asking (though it would take a month to actually get
them)...that's why I gave up on YDL and requested the Ubuntu CDs.
Well, like I said, I'll keep you posted.
~Yersinia.
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