Clark Martin wrote: > I've installed Debian 5, Fedora 9 and Yellow Dog 5 (I think it is) on > various G3s. I have had both Debian and Fedora playing music although > you have to install an MP3 library but before you can you have to figure > out that you do need it and what it is. I've played video on them but > they are too slow for decent playback, your iMac should be okay. I > haven't used YDL as much as the others but have probably had more > trouble with it. Between Debian and Fedora I'd have to call it a toss > up between the two.
I think I must have had traumatic amensia, Fedora wasn't install and play. First I installed F10 on a G3 iMac and while I forget the specifics, it didn't work. Then I tried F9. Xorg wouldn't start up. I had to edit the config file and after several attempts it worked. Then it turned out the sound didn't work. That required adding a command to a file (to look for the sound harware). Debian however did work without much trouble (unless that memory is blocked too). When I tried F10 on a G3 B&W it installed okay but then it couldn't boot, some kind kind of mis-match in how the installer and booter refer to disks on the B&W. So I put YDL on that one. I want to get a couple of earlier versions of YDL to put on some other PPC macs but the distros are not available. -- 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 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
