On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 11:16 PM, Mystic Prowler <coolmar...@gmail.com>wrote:
> I have a question.... The iMac G5 is perfectly useful... but no new version > of Mac OS X supports it anymore. It is a powerful, 64-bit computer that will > last until 128-bit computers start peeking through the markets.... I wonder > if it would be a good idea to dual-boot it with Ubuntu systems because > Ubuntu still supports PowerPC with their newer system releases. > > Dual boot: > > Ubuntu 10.10 with: > Mac OS X 10.5.8 > > > ________________________________________________ My own observation of Linux is that no matter how confidant you are with it sharing a disk or letting it see other disks will eventually result in making the other OS unusabale and in need of a nuke and pave. YMMV but this is 20 years of observation. I don't trust it to know it's place. Actually I think it just invites human error. Which, given all the ways for it to happen is a wide open invite. But life is meaningless without challenge, right? Adrian D'Alessio aka; Fluxstringer fluxstrin...@gmail.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/fluxstreamcommunication/ http://www.youtube.com/fluxstringer http://www.facebook.com/FluxStringer http://www.linkedin.com/in/fluxstreamcommunications http://flux-influx.blogspot.com/ http://remnantsofthestorm.blogspot.com http://fluxdreams.designbinder.com/ -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and 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 leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
