Its unfortunate that the only Mac distro I have seen that comes live CD, is deb based and uses gnome is Ubuntu. Not that Ubuntu is a bad choice, it just doesn't leave many options.
Justin Linux Canuck wrote: > > There are twelve PPC distros listed on www.linux.org's page. A few are > only for that platform. In addition to the ones mentioned below are > Mandriva, Debian, Gentoo, MkLinux, Yellow Dog, ELinOS, SourceMage, > PLD, and Intrinsyc. Go to: http://www.linux.org/dist/list.html > <http://www.linux.org/dist/list.html> and input PPC in the platform > box. You can also sort Distrowatch by architecture and it has many > more listed such as CentOS, Crux, Rock, Slackintosh, T2 SDE and Vine. > So there is quite a bit of choice. As for how good they are... > > Roy > > Linux: Fast, friendly, flexible and .... free! > Support Open source. > <*,)}}+< > Only dead fish go with the flow! > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Joan Leach <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:jleach728%40sbcglobal.net>> > To: [email protected] <mailto:linux_newbies%40yahoogroups.com> > Sent: Saturday, October 11, 2008 9:06:03 PM > Subject: [LINUX_Newbies] Mac G4 Linux Live CDs > > Hi Everyone, > > I came across one of these towers with 384 RAM, now it has 1 gig RAM > that I knew to be either PC100 or PC133 depending on what was needed. > The CPU is 450 MHz, the 20 gig HD no longer booted OS X, so I found > the Ubuntu 6.06 Live CD to test it out. Now I'm installing the latest > OpenSuse PowerPC DVD. Unfortunatedly, there were no updates, or did I > burn the wrong iso file? > > I have the latest Fedora PPC to try on another hard drive, since I > have very little Mac software I wonder if I'll go that route. But it > is disappointing there are so few Live or install distros for this > plateform. Anybody have some favorites links for new MacPPC Linux > users? Or other info? > > Thanks, > Joan in Reno > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > __________________________________________________________ > Connect with friends from any web browser - no download required. Try > the new Yahoo! Canada Messenger for the Web BETA at > http://ca.messenger.yahoo.com/webmessengerpromo.php > <http://ca.messenger.yahoo.com/webmessengerpromo.php> > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > ------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from this list, please email [EMAIL PROTECTED] & you will be removed.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
