Its a *nix of another variety, but OpenBSD has a MacPPC port Is Darrin C. on the list? If so do you have the box set for 4.9 for sale?
Getting started http://openbsd.org/ Getting ISO http://openbsd.org/ftp.html A more detailed bit of information specific to MacPPC port: http://mirror.servihoo.net/pub/OpenBSD/4.9/macppc/INSTALL.macppc Ben On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 3:56 PM, Nathan England <nat...@paysonlinux.org>wrote: > Thanks Eric, I appreciate your help. I didn't know about the OpenSUSE > option. I will check that out first. > > > On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 1:15 PM, Technomage Hawke < > technomage.ha...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I have had some experience with linux on PPC. just about all of them use >> the dubs subsystem and depending on your specific logic board, may cause the >> system to become unresponsive. >> >> that aside, the best distribution is debian or ubuntu (though debian may >> have better application support). Opensuse also makes a PPC version of their >> distribution. However, I have never tried an rpm based distribution. >> >> one of the items to know is that you may have to change the boot >> parameters in your firmware in order to automatically boot your installed >> systemm. I may be able to offer some assistance, but I need someone with a >> pair of eyes to tell me what is happening. btw, orca and speech-dispatcher >> will work in PPC versions, but it takes a little tweaking. >> >> let me know if you need some help. >> >> -Eric >> 623-399-5635 >> On Jul 20, 2011, at 12:50 PM, Nathan England wrote: >> >> > Hello Hello, >> > >> > Someone just gave me 4 G3/G4 iMac's with OS 9 on them. I am not sure of >> the specs yet, but I am interested to know if anyone has any experience with >> Linux on these bad boys? I ran edUbuntu on a G3 years ago and it was >> awful... I'm hoping the newer versions are better. Any thoughts? >> > >> > Nathan >> > >> > -- >> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> > Nathan England >> > I believe in the Constitution and the 4th Amendment. I am innocent and >> have nothing to hide, but NO agent of the state crosses my threshhold >> without a valid warrant signed by a judge and properly submitted. If we fail >> to exercise our rights, we lose them. >> > --------------------------------------------------- >> > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > > > > -- > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Nathan England > I believe in the Constitution and the 4th Amendment. I am innocent and have > nothing to hide, but NO agent of the state crosses my threshhold without a > valid warrant signed by a judge and properly submitted. If we fail to > exercise our rights, we lose them. > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- --- Ben *print ''.join(map(lambda x: chr(x), ( (ord('a')-(3*5)), int(math.sqrt(math.pi*76)*5+2), int(math.ceil(math.e)*28), int(math.floor(math.e)*35), long(abs(4%3*35+3)*2))))*
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