Re: Linux on MacPro
On 2/17/12 10:11 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Feb 17, 2012, at 5:47 AM, Edward Treen wrote: Hi all, I am using 10.7.3 on my MacPro (4,1 - March 2010) - 12GB RAM, 4 x 1TB drives., Radeon 4780 512MB Graphics. I use VMWare Fusion 3 Windows 7 for the odd times I need Windows , and it all seems to run smoothly. For no specific reason other than personal interest/serving-my-inner-geek, I'd like to install a virtual Linux machine to run under Fusion. Does any list member have experience of doing this, and is there a flavour of Linux they would recommend? Just to play with Linux, I'd do Ubuntu, which installed without a hitch in a Virtualbox VM; if you're interested in messing with server-grade linux, we've been using Centos on our production VMs. http://centos.org/ They're coy about it on the front page, but the 'prominent North American Enterprise Linux vendor' is Red Hat. Centos is the open version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Works well...we have a Xen setup with about a dozen centos VM's running on it. Any issues with Airport cards? -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Linux on MacPro
On Feb 17, 2012, at 9:50 AM, M Christol wrote: On 2/17/12 10:11 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Feb 17, 2012, at 5:47 AM, Edward Treen wrote: Hi all, I am using 10.7.3 on my MacPro (4,1 - March 2010) - 12GB RAM, 4 x 1TB drives., Radeon 4780 512MB Graphics. I use VMWare Fusion 3 Windows 7 for the odd times I need Windows , and it all seems to run smoothly. For no specific reason other than personal interest/serving-my-inner-geek, I'd like to install a virtual Linux machine to run under Fusion. Does any list member have experience of doing this, and is there a flavour of Linux they would recommend? Just to play with Linux, I'd do Ubuntu, which installed without a hitch in a Virtualbox VM; if you're interested in messing with server-grade linux, we've been using Centos on our production VMs. http://centos.org/ They're coy about it on the front page, but the 'prominent North American Enterprise Linux vendor' is Red Hat. Centos is the open version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Works well...we have a Xen setup with about a dozen centos VM's running on it. Any issues with Airport cards? Not in a VM, as the network is virtualized. -- Bruce Johnson Wherever you go, there you are B. Banzai, PhD -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Linux on MacPro
I would consider slackware www.slackware.com It is imho the best distro. Period. And worth a try, on your setup. They also have a 64-bit branch called slamd64 added to the tree here in the last few years. Not only is it highly used by nerds, its highly configurably, and only as complex as you want it. The user base is highly experienced as well. Sent from my iPhone 4 On Feb 18, 2012, at 10:29 AM, Bruce Johnson john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu wrote: On Feb 17, 2012, at 9:50 AM, M Christol wrote: On 2/17/12 10:11 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Feb 17, 2012, at 5:47 AM, Edward Treen wrote: Hi all, I am using 10.7.3 on my MacPro (4,1 - March 2010) - 12GB RAM, 4 x 1TB drives., Radeon 4780 512MB Graphics. I use VMWare Fusion 3 Windows 7 for the odd times I need Windows , and it all seems to run smoothly. For no specific reason other than personal interest/serving-my-inner-geek, I'd like to install a virtual Linux machine to run under Fusion. Does any list member have experience of doing this, and is there a flavour of Linux they would recommend? Just to play with Linux, I'd do Ubuntu, which installed without a hitch in a Virtualbox VM; if you're interested in messing with server-grade linux, we've been using Centos on our production VMs. http://centos.org/ They're coy about it on the front page, but the 'prominent North American Enterprise Linux vendor' is Red Hat. Centos is the open version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Works well...we have a Xen setup with about a dozen centos VM's running on it. Any issues with Airport cards? Not in a VM, as the network is virtualized. -- Bruce Johnson Wherever you go, there you are B. Banzai, PhD -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Linux on MacPro
I thought this was the G3-G5 List? Why are we discussing slackware for an Intel powered MacPro? I can understand discussing Intel Mac's, if you are making recommendations about which used Mac computers to consider buying, compared to the performance available on a G4 or G5 PowerMac, but I could not even find a PPC version of slackware during my quick look at their site. Can we try to keep the discussion here focused on Mac computers with G series CPU's? I don't mind going a little off topic once in a while, but would prefer that this group mainly discuss PPC Mac's, which is where my interest lies. On Feb 18, 2012, at 1:06 PM, Jesse wrote: I would consider slackware www.slackware.com It is imho the best distro. Period. And worth a try, on your setup. They also have a 64-bit branch called slamd64 added to the tree here in the last few years. Not only is it highly used by nerds, its highly configurably, and only as complex as you want it. The user base is highly experienced as well. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Linux on MacPro
FYI, there is a slackware for ppc macs its called slackintosh (www.workaround.ch) Sent from my iPhone 4 On Feb 18, 2012, at 4:22 PM, David W. Morris bbh...@gmail.com wrote: I thought this was the G3-G5 List? Why are we discussing slackware for an Intel powered MacPro? Because they asked about a linux distro. Worth? These are I can understand discussing Intel Mac's, if you are making recommendations about which used Mac computers to consider buying, compared to the performance available on a G4 or G5 PowerMac, but I could not even find a PPC version of slackware during my quick look at their site. Can we try to keep the discussion here focused on Mac computers with G series cpu's? On Feb 18, 2012, at 1:06 PM, Jesse wrote: I would consider slackware www.slackware.com It is imho the best distro. Period. And worth a try, on your setup. They also have a 64-bit branch called slamd64 added to the tree here in the last few years. Not only is it highly used by nerds, its highly configurably, and only as complex as you want it. The user base is highly experienced as well. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Linux on MacPro
Sorry about last post my son stole my phone. Why are we discussing slackware for an Intel powered MacPro? They asked, i gave my two cents, end of story. I can understand discussing Intel Mac's, if you are making recommendations about which used Mac computers to consider buying, compared to the performance available on a G4 or G5 PowerMac, but I could not even find a PPC version of slackware during my quick look at their site. Can we try to keep the discussion here focused on Mac computers with G series CPU's? FYI,There is its called slackintosh, and it supports g-cpus only( a little incomplete but it works) Its at www.workaround.ch The man simply asked, i answered and i have quite a bit of slack experience. I don't mind going a little off topic once in a while, but would prefer that this group mainly discuss PPC Mac's, which is where my interest lies. On Feb 18, 2012, at 1:06 PM, Jesse wrote: I would consider slackware www.slackware.com It is imho the best distro. Period. And worth a try, on your setup. They also have a 64-bit branch called slamd64 added to the tree here in the last few years. Not only is it highly used by nerds, its highly configurably, and only as complex as you want it. The user base is highly experienced as well. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Linux on MacPro
Hi all, I am using 10.7.3 on my MacPro (4,1 - March 2010) - 12GB RAM, 4 x 1TB drives., Radeon 4780 512MB Graphics. I use VMWare Fusion 3 Windows 7 for the odd times I need Windows , and it all seems to run smoothly. For no specific reason other than personal interest/serving-my-inner-geek, I'd like to install a virtual Linux machine to run under Fusion. Does any list member have experience of doing this, and is there a flavour of Linux they would recommend? Thanks in advance, Ted -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Linux on MacPro
On Feb 17, 2012, at 5:47 AM, Edward Treen wrote: Hi all, I am using 10.7.3 on my MacPro (4,1 - March 2010) - 12GB RAM, 4 x 1TB drives., Radeon 4780 512MB Graphics. I use VMWare Fusion 3 Windows 7 for the odd times I need Windows , and it all seems to run smoothly. For no specific reason other than personal interest/serving-my-inner-geek, I'd like to install a virtual Linux machine to run under Fusion. Does any list member have experience of doing this, and is there a flavour of Linux they would recommend? Just to play with Linux, I'd do Ubuntu, which installed without a hitch in a Virtualbox VM; if you're interested in messing with server-grade linux, we've been using Centos on our production VMs. http://centos.org/ They're coy about it on the front page, but the 'prominent North American Enterprise Linux vendor' is Red Hat. Centos is the open version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Works well...we have a Xen setup with about a dozen centos VM's running on it. -- Bruce Johnson Wherever you go, there you are B. Banzai, PhD -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
