From: "Moulton, Pete" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
There are some great advantages to running Linux on a Mac, especially if
you have a slower machine that cannot run Mac OS X like the 601, 603 and
604 based PowerPCs that appeared before the G3.
Hi Pete!
I actually DO have a couple of those machines around and they are seriously underused. I've often thought about running Linux on one of them, but I never seem to get past the fundamental question: after I've installed Linux -- what then?
I suppose I could put OpenOffice on em and make them little work stations, but beyond that -- do you have some suggestions on things I could run on a Linux (say) G3-upgraded 7100 (for example)? Can any Linux "see" those G3 upgrade cards?
Before answering that first question, bear in mind that I don't have much interest in web serving (yet) or games. If you think I can get not-awful speed video transcoding (turning AVI files into MPEG-1 or -2 using FFMPEG or something like that), that would certainly get my attention.
If you don't think it's list-worthy, feel free to contact me off-list.
PS. Thanks for noticing my sig! Steal away! :)
_Chas_
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