>The questions is this: which linux will run the best >on this device, while still being able to have acceptable gui >performance?
<personal opinion> I think Mandrake has the easiest installer and is targeted for GUI users. Of the people I know that use Linux on Apple hardware for at-home use, they prefer Mandrake to YDL. I prefer YDL because the RPM dependancies don't require the GUI to be installed, and you can re-compile RedHat RPMs for YDL easily. We run RH on 3 Intel servers and YDL on 2 Macs, so keeping the RPM versions the same on all of them is a _good thing_. 128 MB RAM is a minimum to use Linux with a GUI. You _can_ run Linux with a GUI in less, but snappy is not an adjective I would use. I do not know if Mandrake is compiled with flags specifically for G3 or better, or if the installer simply does not work with older machines. My knowledge of Mandrake is from the 8.x series, it installed and worked fine on 7300/8500/9600. OS X is too bloated for this machine, and you are stuck with 10.1.x because 10.2.x requires a G3 or better processor in order to boot. </personal opinion> Others on the list will insert NetBSD remarks here. -- Charles Dostale [EMAIL PROTECTED] System Administrator, Silver Oaks Communications http://www.silveroaks.com 824 17th Street, Moline IL USA 61265 309-797-9898 -- MaX-list is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... / Buy books, CDs, videos, and more from Amazon.com \ / <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/lowendmac> \ Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> MaX-list info: <http://lowendmac.com/linux/max.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/max-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
