On Thu, 2005-05-12 at 10:10 +0800, Mark Secker wrote: > what's the best flavor of Linux to run on a Mac? > > Shortly I will be picking up a 12" 500Mhz G3 iBook (thanks Allan) > and while its purchase is mainly for OS/backpacker type travel use > (so I don't have to worry about my 1G PowerBook or [soon to arrive] > 1.3Ghz iBook getting damaged/stolen etc) I plan to use on the day to > day basis as a sandbox machine including Linux stuff.
You're probably more likely to find folks who can answer this on the Perth Linux User Group mailing list (http://plug.linux.org.au for subscription, etc). I've heard about Fedora/PPC, Ubuntu/PPC, and of course Yellow Dog. I have no experience with any of them. I'd recommend steering clear of Gentoo unless you like to get into the very fiddly bits. You'd need to be very patient to use it on a 500MHz machine, too. -- Craig Ringer
