On Sun, 2002-04-28 at 10:04, Tim Bateman wrote: > SLUG, > At the SLUG meeting there seemed to be quite a few Ti > Powerbooks and older iBooks floating around. How successfully are folks > using Linux on these machines ?, and what type of distribution are you > running ? (eg. Mandrake PPC, Debian PPC, Yellow Dog)
I've never run Linux on an iBook or PowerBook but I've been a long-time Linux-on-PPC user, with desktops. As per the other replies Debian/Sid (unstable) is my distribution of choice although you may want to install from Woody and upgrade to Sid (Woody will be the next "stable" release). My sole frustration in the time of I've been using Linux on PPC hardware is the lack of flash. At first it's a minor annoyance, then over time it grows and gnaws at you. It is more frustrasting for my wife. At one time PPC used to lag i386 for software avalailability but now days on Debian software is available fairly concurrently with x86. Oh, there is also MoL (Mac on Linux) - allows you to run Mac OS in a window. Leaves WINE and friends for dead. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
