A friend of mine has PCLinuxOS on his Win/Tel machine. His 3D graphics are the best I've seen for Linux. I'm just wondering if any of you have used PCLinuxOS?
On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 5:46 AM, Robert Menes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 3:17 AM, Matt Wenham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> 2008/9/23 KP <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> >>> All the talk about Windows' on Mac, has brought me to this question. >>> Can a person run Linux on an Intel Mac? >> > > Absolutely! Debian, Yellow Dog, Gentoo, and Ubuntu all have PowerPC > versions of their distros, and Intel Macs will happily accept any x86 > distro of Linux you can get. A friend of mine runs Debian on an iBook G4 > and has most of the hardware working (save for the wireless which required > a driver module). > > Note that Ubuntu no longer ships an official PPC version of their > distro, so you'll > have to turn to a community sponsored version of Ubuntu for PPC. > > It's a matter of trying out a distro and seeing which one works for you, but > for > beginners, I would recommend starting on Ubuntu (think of it as Linux 101), > and > working up from there. > > --Rob > -- > Nobody's ever lost in life...they're merely taking the scenic route. > ============================== > Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. > See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html > ============================== > -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- > Version: 3.1.2 > GCS/S/M/MU d- s+: a29 C++(+++) UL++++>$ P++ L+++ E+ W+ N+ o+ K++ w--- O- > M !V PS+ PE Y+ PGP(+) t+ 5++ X++ R tv b+++ DI+++ D++(---) G++ e+ h- > r++ y+ > ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's iMac List, a group for those using G3, G4, G5, and Intel Core iMacs as well as Apple eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/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/imaclist?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
