On Sunday 14 August 2005 07:39 pm, B Cradock wrote: > I'm new to this list,after a long time on the supermacs list. I'm > curious about running Linux on my c600, and I have some (very) basic > questions. > > Here's my setup: > c600 > 144MB RAM > Sonnet G3 L2 cache upgrade > ixMicro Ultimate Rez video card > generic USB & Firewire cards > 60 GB IDE drive > Ricoh SCSI CD-RW > USR external serial modem > comm slot 2 ethernet card (seldom used)
1.) You will need to still have a copy of MacOS 9.x to kick the bootloader over. Yours is an "Old World" Mac and you will need to set up an extension as part of your extension set to boot into Linux. 2.) I strongly suggest Debian Sarge over Yellow Dog. Yellow Dog is right now in a development lull as opposed to Debian and Yellow Dog's non-commercial counterpart Fedora PPC. But Debian Sarge has the advantage of dpackage and apt-get. Want to keep a Debian system up to date? Type this in a console: $ su # apt-get update # apt-get upgrade There's no step four! There's no step four! Everything else is done automagickally. As far as your window manager goes, you might want to look at IceWM or XFce. XFce is especially nice if you want a Mac OS X-like experience. You will want the libraries for GNOME and KDE but unfortunately with your specs you will be disappointed if you go that route for your desktop environment. Hopefully this will be of help to you. Michelle -- Michelle Klein-Hass Box 2273, Van Nuys, CA 91404-2273 Brought to you by Linux, KDE and KMail...try it, you'll like it! -- 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/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
