Thanks for the reply Fernando! Have you ever tried Yellow Dog Linux? I'm getting a beige G3 in a month or so and installing that on it.
-pat On Thursday, October 24, 2002, at 05:17 AM, Fernando Ubiria wrote: > Hi Pat, > > as said, I have made only a basic installation, for learning purposes. > SuSE Linux PowerPC 7.3 comes in 8 CDs and in the included > applications list are, among others: > > Mozilla, Netscape 4.7, Konqueror, IRC, ICQ, Instant Messenger > MySQL, PostgreSQL, KOffice 1.1, OpenOffice(experimental) > teTeX, LaTeX, Ghostscript, GIMP, ImageMagick > Broadcast2000, diverse Sound tools > IPv6 is supported, IPX, netatalk, ISDN, Samba, > The desktop environment is KDE 2.2.1 and also GNOME (beta) > The usual editors and administration tools are included. > Mac-On-Linux allows you to run MacOS as a task and then use the > clasic mac programs. > > The installation utility YaST is very nice and support several > languages (more than 17) > > I find it stable and it works with the G4 Macs up to the 533 MP. > IBM RS600 is also supported. > If you use a Radeon, you must dowload something from the web site. > If you install from a CD-W drive, you must perform first a basic > installation. Then you edit a line in a configuration file and you > can continue installling. > > Rgds, Fernando > >> Apparently there are over 1000 apps for the PowerPC version of Suse. >> >> What kind of apps are they? >> > -pat > > -- > MaX-list is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... > > / Buy books, CDs, videos, and more from Amazon.com \ > / <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/lowendmac> \ > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > MaX-list info: <http://lowendmac.com/linux/max.shtml> > Send list messages to: <mailto:max-list@;mail.maclaunch.com> > To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:max-list-off@;mail.maclaunch.com> > For digest mode, email: <mailto:max-list-digest@;mail.maclaunch.com> > Subscription questions: <mailto:listmom@;lowendmac.com> > Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/max-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! > <http://www.applelinks.com> > -- MaX-list is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... / Buy books, CDs, videos, and more from Amazon.com \ / <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/lowendmac> \ Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> MaX-list info: <http://lowendmac.com/linux/max.shtml> Send list messages to: <mailto:max-list@;mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:max-list-off@;mail.maclaunch.com> For digest mode, email: <mailto:max-list-digest@;mail.maclaunch.com> Subscription questions: <mailto:listmom@;lowendmac.com> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/max-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
