>Greetings all,
> I am cuurently a student at my local CC taking night classes towards
>a degree in application software developement. In an effort to broaden my
>OS experience (I am already familiar with windoze, dos and the Mac OS), I
>have decided to give Unix a try.
>My test machine will be a Power Mac 6100/66 with 1.1 Gig HD space (2
>drives, 1 Gig and 100MB) , 72MB RAM, a 15-inch Apple multiscan monitor,
>and an external SCSI 24x CD-ROM drive. The 6100 currently has OS 8.6
>installed.
>Can anyone offer any suggestions or advice on any of the following:
> What flavor of Unix would best to start out with?
> Any known issues with my choosen test machine?
> Any general tips or advice?
>Thanks,
>Brett
MkLinux is your only option as this point for that box. As Cameron
pointed out, you'd need to move up (or down) to run a different
flavor of UNIX.
--
Randy
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