Debian is the best disro if you're running on an old mac... but it's also
the least secure... I like Yellow Dog
>Dear R.T.,
>
>First off, Debian is the best Linux distro out there. That being said, the
>best one for a newbie (in my humble opinion) is SuSe, especially for an old
>Mac person.
>
>It has a lot of wonderful GUI based tools for such tasks as graphical
>configuration with SaX2. YaST2 a top-notch graphical installation tool that
>does a great job of detecting hardware automatically, as well as, coming in
>handy for install/ remove software in the future. It comes with 6 CDs of
>software; probably too much for a newbie, but hay its there. It's very easy
>to get, even for a PowerPC, at many stores. And comes with a very good 450
>page book and 60 days of installation help.
>
>Good Luck,
>
>Tony Cannata
>
>
>
>
>on 8/8/01 11:50 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>> Hi everybody,
>>
>> I would imagine that 99% of the message traffic on this list is from newbies
>> wanting to know which Linux is best for their particular machine, so for
>> those of you who aren't interested in that, I'll tell you right now that
>> that's what I'm here to ask! :-)
>>
>> I have a PowerMac 7500/100 that has been upgraded with a 604e/180 processor.
>> It has 48MB of RAM and two 500MB hard drives. I'd like to know which Linux
>> would run best on this machine, and particularly, which Linux is easiest for
>> a newbie to install, configure, and use.
>>
>> The intended use for this machine is a workstation (surfing, e-mail, etc.).
>>
>> Thanks in advance for your help!
>>
>> R.T. Dowling
>
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