hi im planing to install linux in my ibook powerpc g3, virtual mem 193mb, built -in mem 193mb, video 4 mb built in display in use, disk cache 61445k. what distro do you think is easy to install and would i be having a hard time installing it? i just want to try and feel what is like to run linux on a mac hardware?
On Fri, 18 Mar 2005 13:04:37 +0800, Joseph Ross Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > La lang. I'm doing linux programming stuff. I feel more "at home" doing > it on a linux environment. Even though I can do it on mac os X, I miss > using xemacs etc. (which sucks on mac os x). I might switch back to mac > os X soon since device support really sucks on mac and install gentoo > or fedora on a virtual pc. Virtual pc license is kinda expensive. > > Question: Any guyz here who know some virtual pc friendly distro? > On 03 18, 05, at 8:21 AM, Ricky wrote: > > > Yup you're right. It's not a Mac unless you have Mac OS installed. Out > > of curiosity, why did you install Linux on your pb? > > > > Ricky Munoz > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Joseph Ross Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: Philippine Linux Users Group Mailing List <[email protected]> > > Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2005 02:39:36 +0800 > > Subject: Re: [plug] Linus now a Mac user > > > > Oh my... Does that mean I am not a mac user? I use a powerbook G4 and > > yellowdog as OS. =( > > Anywayz, I hope linux will support airport extreme cards soon!!! =( > > > > > > On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 08:27:43 +0800, Gideon N. Guillen > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On Tue, 2005-03-15 at 22:48, Dong B. Calmada wrote: > >>> This may be old news but did you know that Linus Torvalds has just > >>> switched to Mac as his > >>> desktop of choice? Visit this link: > >>> http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/0,39023165,39183867,00.htm > >> > >>> From the article: > >> > >> "Torvald's response came quickly and succinctly. "My main machine > >> these > >> days is a dual 2GHz G5 (aka PowerPC 970) - it's physically a regular > >> Apple Mac, although it obviously only runs Linux, so I don't think you > >> can call it a Mac any more ;)" he said." > >> > >> Well, he's *not* really using a Mac since he's not using Mac OSX. It's > >> more like he's using a PPC machine to run Linux. :D > >> > >> -- > >> Gideon N. Guillen > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > >> Take back the web! Download Firefox Today! > >> http://getfirefox.com > >> > >> -- > >> Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > >> [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) > >> Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph > >> Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph > >> . > >> To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug > >> . > >> Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to > >> http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie > >> > > > > > > -- > > Joseph Ross Lee > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > www.technosmurfs.com > > -- > > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > > [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) > > Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph > > Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph > > .. > > To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug > > .. > > Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to > > http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie > > > > > > > > > -- > Joseph Ross Lee > http://www.technosmurfs.com > http://www.udeko.com > > -- > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) > Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph > Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph > . > To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug > . > Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to > http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie > -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
