Mac User #330250 wrote:
> 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.
>
I'm a bit confused as to your reason for wanting to do this. You want
to run a 64 bit *nix system on a G-5. I thought that was what OS X was.
I thought that was why Apple built OS X around the Mach kernel. I
have been using 10.4.11 for about a year now, and have used Linux on
Intel/AMD PCs since 1998, and the difference between Linux and OS X is
that Apple pays their programmers more. A LOT MORE. However, if you
are truly determined to do this thing, your best hope is on a PPC Linux
forum where there are people who have successfully done what you seek to
do. But (and ymmv) I have run Linux, and I have run OS X, and I much
prefer OS X for fit, finish, and functionality. Peace, Dennis
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