Paul Kemner wrote: > For the people who are using linux on a PPC computer, which distro do > you use? Yellowdog? Fedora? What? Why?
YDL, Fedora, Debian and SUSE. Why? Now I'm not sure. I wanted to play around with them and I wanted to see what the characteristics of each was. I still haven't found a good comparison of the different distros. I've found Yellowdog to be the buggiest. SUSE seems okay but I just haven't really gotten around to using it. Debian has the best support for Old World Macs. Debian and Fedora seem to be on a par for useability. > > Any experience with Crux-PPC <http://www.cruxppc.org/> ?? Here's why: Never heard of it. > > I'm involved with a nonprofit that takes donations of (mostly pc) > computers, refurbishes them, and gives them to people who can't afford > one, and to nonprofits. Mostly we get PC's, wipe the drives and install > some version of linux. But... > > Sometimes we get old G3 iMacs. Sometimes the HD is gone, but we've got > spare drives sitting around. I'm not sure of the legality of installing > OS X or 9 willy-nilly on these boxes, and some of them are a > bit problematical for general-use due to a lack of a modern browser. > > With some pc's, we install Quimo <http://www.qimo4kids.com/> , an > operating system designed for kids to use. > > I'd like to come up with a good kids system for the G3, and CruxPPC > sounds like it's still active and lightweight. The gCompris > <http://gcompris.net/-en-> games would be a good starting point. > > Is there anyone around that can help? I've worked at a grade school and one of the things we found early on is that even the Kindergarteners had no trouble with the standard Mac GUI. Some of the Kinder teachers wanted to coddle them (have the machine logged in and the app launched ahead of time) but other teachers just had the kids do it and they had no problem. Just make sure there is a password protected admin account and an account for the kids to use. The worse the kids can do is totally trash the kids account which can always be recreated. I suppose having some tool like the dock in OS X that let's them select the app directly instead of having to navigate the Application menu in Linux would be useful but that's about it. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway" --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
