Eric Volker wrote:
I know you've stated that G4s are the best bet for LinuxPPC, but I only
have a dual G5 and an Intel iMac at my disposal. Which version of Linux
best supports the G5 and the Radeon 9700/Nvidia 5200 I have at my
disposal? Fedora was a waste of time - graphics glitches with both cards.
I played with LinuxPPC back around 2000 or so on a Starmax 5500. It
worked surprisingly well, and let me do something 8.6 didn't - boot from
a slave IDE drive. Since then I've been using it mostly on PCs but would
be interested in getting it on my G5, since the end of the line is in
sight for OS X on PowerPC.
I once put Yellowdog on a G-3 266MHz. It looked and worked like Linux
on a PC of that speed. When you have access to OS-X why in God's name
would you want to put Linux on a G-5? OS-X is what happens to Linux
when you pay the programmers! Since I bought my little G-4 DA I haven't
touched Linux and don't intend to. Why would I? I have a beautiful,
fully functional, UNIX system that will do what I want, when I want, and
I don't have to finish any of the programs for my "situation." Am not
understanding this. Peace, Dennis
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