Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2008 16:30:46 -0400
From: "stephen sefick"
Subject: [R] Power PC with a linux distribution and R
This is an operating system question, but it is with the intent of
using R on that operating system. I have an ibook G4 Power PC that I
am going to install linux on. Is there a better, worse, or perhaps
easier (I am a linux newby migrating from mac) distribution that I
should look at. I appreciate your help. I didn't post this in the
sig-mac because I don't know if it fits there better than anywhere
else.
thanks
I have an iBook G4 (1 GHz, 1.25 GB RAM) that's running Debian.
Debian's installer is pretty friendly. For me, the most difficult
part of the installation was getting 3-button mouse emulation to work
with the iBook's 1-button keypad. Beyond that, the installation and
setup was easy.
Why did I install Debian on an iBook? Curiosity more than anything
else. I've worked with Redhat-based linux distibutions for years, and
I wanted to see what Debian was like.
One thing you might want to keep in mind -- some of Debian's PPC
packages are a little on the old side (for example, R 2.4.0). That
may or may not be an issue for you.
On Mac OS, you may want to try running R in an X11 xterm (as opposed
to running R.app); that's essentially what you'll see under Linux..
Steve
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