On Wed, 05 Jan 2005 15:07:35 -0800, Max Lemieux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Larry, > > 2 questions about the PPC CD's: > > 1) is there a torrent? http://ftp.cs.umn.edu/pub/ubuntu-releases/warty/warty-release-install-powerpc.iso.torrent
> 2) does it boot on Old-World G3? (i.e. beige 233/desktop rev1 G3) I don't know for sure, oldworld Macs aren't my specialty, but in my experience they are painful and frustrating to deal with when attempting to install a Linux distribution. (tr. may not be worth it for time invested) > I used Ubuntu for a little while and found it to be solid, friendly and > full-featured (although lacking the hardware detection I've been spoiled > by in other distros... ;) ). I'm looking to set up a new PPC Linux > install, since the ancient 1GB SCSI external drive "boat anchor" > attached to my G3 running DebianPPC has gone to Davy Jones' Locker. Next > drive for this system will be produced this century, if I can help it. I have High hopes for the rumoured 'Headless-Mac' as that could be a very good second workstation, to run as dual boot. (best of both worlds an OS X system for creative work and play and a linux world to bend to your unique needs and desires) _______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list euglug@euglug.org http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
