On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 3:17 AM, Matt Wenham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 2008/9/23 KP <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> All the talk about Windows' on Mac, has brought me to this question. >> Can a person run Linux on an Intel Mac? >
Absolutely! Debian, Yellow Dog, Gentoo, and Ubuntu all have PowerPC versions of their distros, and Intel Macs will happily accept any x86 distro of Linux you can get. A friend of mine runs Debian on an iBook G4 and has most of the hardware working (save for the wireless which required a driver module). Note that Ubuntu no longer ships an official PPC version of their distro, so you'll have to turn to a community sponsored version of Ubuntu for PPC. It's a matter of trying out a distro and seeing which one works for you, but for beginners, I would recommend starting on Ubuntu (think of it as Linux 101), and working up from there. --Rob -- Nobody's ever lost in life...they're merely taking the scenic route. ============================== Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html ============================== -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.1.2 GCS/S/M/MU d- s+: a29 C++(+++) UL++++>$ P++ L+++ E+ W+ N+ o+ K++ w--- O- M !V PS+ PE Y+ PGP(+) t+ 5++ X++ R tv b+++ DI+++ D++(---) G++ e+ h- r++ y+ ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's iMac List, a group for those using G3, G4, G5, and Intel Core iMacs as well as Apple eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
