My General experience with MacPPC is flip a coin for BSD or Linux. Both have great support. I have run OpenBSD and NetBSD--personal preference as to which you choose. I prefer Open :-)
Linux on PPC is a simpler choice. The only acceptable choices are gentoo and debian. And most people don't like to wait for gentoo, so.... But I would say avoid YDL like the plague. 2.3 and 3 were okay, but it felt too much like a half assed attempt. PPC Debian/Gentoo feel like i386, Sparc64, etc. Its just the same. On Mac68k, I've run Open, Net, and Debian. And I think those are your only choices. Again, my choice is Open, but if you want that, you'll need one of the most recent snap shots to run. There were some strange problems in 3.5 and 3.6 release. They have since been resolved. Personally, I ran a quadra800 with OpenBSD 3.3 as my firewall since 3.3 was released right up until a month ago. Thats over 18 months. Rebooted only when a new kernel was installed. > i know the guy who runs ziaspace.com. the url > mentioned below. i use > netbsd/mac68k daily. it runs my email server. and > netbsd/macppc runs > my webserver. > On Fri, 18 Feb 2005, Gheorghe Ardelean wrote: > > > Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2005 02:40:41 +0100 (CET) > > From: Gheorghe Ardelean > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Reply-To: Quadlist <[email protected]> > > To: Quadlist <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: [q] Best Unix for 68k and PPC Macs? > > > > > > Hi, > > > > I am successfully running NetBSD on my 030 and 040 > based MAC's > > (LCIII/LC450, LC475, Quadra 700). For the 040LC > there is now NetBSD > > mk68k-softfloat. > > > > More about this one can find at: > > http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/mac68k/ > > (the systems with 040LC one can download the > system from here: > > ftp://ftp.ziaspace.com/pub/NetBSD/m68k.) > > > > For the PPC version look at: > > http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/macppc/ > > > > There is a lot of documentation and one can browse > the mailing lists > > archives to look for ideas etc. > > > > Regards, > > > > G. Ardelean > > > >> Anyone got any advice or personal experience > running a *nix OS on 68k > >> Macs in particular, but also PPC Macs? I'd love > to hear about your > >> successes, failures, thoughts, etc. > >> > >> If there's any decent objective FAQ on this > subject just direct me to > >> that instead. > >> > >> TIA, > >> Jamie Kahn Genet > > > > > > -- > > Quadlist is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> > and... > > > > Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com > | Enter To Win A | > > -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 > | Free iBook! | > > > > Support Low End Mac > <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > > > Quadlist info: > <http://lowendmac.com/lists/quadlist.shtml> > > --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; > > Send list messages to: > <mailto:[email protected]> > > To unsubscribe, email: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > For digest mode, email: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subscription questions: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/quadlist%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > > > iPod Accessories for Less > > at 1-800-iPOD.COM > > Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal > > www.1800ipod.com > > > > -- > Quadlist is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> > and... > > Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com > | Enter To Win A | > -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 > | Free iBook! | > > Support Low End Mac > <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > Quadlist info: > <http://lowendmac.com/lists/quadlist.shtml> > --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; > Send list messages to: > <mailto:[email protected]> > To unsubscribe, email: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For digest mode, email: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subscription questions: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/quadlist%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > iPod Accessories for Less > at 1-800-iPOD.COM > Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal > www.1800ipod.com > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The all-new My Yahoo! - What will yours do? http://my.yahoo.com -- Quadlist is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Quadlist info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/quadlist.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[email protected]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/quadlist%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
