Has he tried MintPPC? I have that running on a B&W G3 with an ATI 9200 video card and a G4 accelerator so it seams to handle odd hardware pretty well. It is based on Ubuntu 10, so pretty up to date.
Bruce ----- Original Message ----- From: Barry Levine <barrylev...@norwoodlight.com> To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com Sent: Sun, 25 Dec 2011 03:55:35 -0000 (UTC) Subject: Re: Best Linux for a B&W G3? Thanks for the tips, everyone. Barry -- 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