On Sunday, 9th of August 2009, Alex Smith (K4RNT) wrote: > Perhaps you can try openSUSE or Yellow Dog Linux. They both have very > frequently used PowerPC ports that are very reliable and have large > software repositories. > > www.terrasoftsolutions.com > www.opensuse.org > > I haven't used either system on a PPC personally, but I've heard good > things about all of the above.
Yes, I've downloaded OpenSUSE too. YDL I've never tried before. I installed OpenSUSE (the x86 version) on my mothers laptop and she's very happy with it. I know OpenSUSE and have also tried the PowerPC version on my Power Mac G4 MDD once. I'm not happy with the fact that the PowerPC version of OpenSUSE is a 32-bit distribution. Okay, it does matter only when an application needs more than 4 GB of RAM, allright. But my G5 has 16 GB RAM inside and I'm now trying to get a working 64-bit Linux if only the kernel would run! Gentoo is the only Linux I know of that has a 64-bit PowerPC port. Thanks for the quick responce! Cheers, Andreas aka Linux User #330250 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
