On Mar 26, 2005, at 4:10 PM, Duane A. De Vries wrote:
I have one of the original beige G3s (no extra memory or anything). I don't use it much and I was curious if it would be possible to install some variant of Unix on it. I don't know anything about Unix or linux etc. and would be interested in just learning about it. Would my ancient G3 even run Linux or something?
Duane (in Wyoming)
Duane,
My first installation of Linux was with LinuxPPC 2000 on a G3 laptop. It was nice for a first time because it had an easy installer and you could keep the Mac OS in place as well. At startup you could choose between the two systems. It was pretty easy to install actually and would get you familiar with the file structure and commands.
It's pretty old but it looks like it's still available for $3.95 from http://www.linuxcentral.com/catalog/index.php3?prod_code=D000 -071&id=C1CXTrnQY6KCx
Here's an article on LEM about installing it. http://www.lowendmac.com/meta/2k1214.html
Good luck,
Mary Jo DeMorrow Ludington
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