I checked out some Linux forums and found a lot of horror stories from folks who tried to install YDL, Fedora, and Debian on their eMacs. The universal theme from each story was that the install seemed to go well, and then when the install was complete, the screen went "black" and that was it. I guess none of these distros like to play nicely with the video chip in the eMac... especially the ATI chip in the second and third generation eMacs.
I found one forum posting from a person who said that he tried several distros and that OpenSUSE was the only one that worked... so I checked out the OpenSUSE site, but their PowerPC distros are only available in DVD format or network install. Net install isn't an option for me, and DVD install is a no-go because this machine doesn't have a DVD drive. Are there any other non-scary Linux distros that will work with this machine? I'm guessing the answer is no, but I sure would like to get a couple more years out of this machine before I have to recycle it. Thanks again, Adrian On Sat, May 9, 2009 at 1:15 PM, Clark Martin <cm...@sonic.net> wrote: > I've installed Debian 5, Fedora 9 and Yellow Dog 5 (I think it is) on > various G3s. I have had both Debian and Fedora playing music although > you have to install an MP3 library but before you can you have to figure > out that you do need it and what it is. I've played video on them but > they are too slow for decent playback, your iMac should be okay. I > haven't used YDL as much as the others but have probably had more > trouble with it. Between Debian and Fedora I'd have to call it a toss > up between the two. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 imaclist-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
