Running Linux on mac G3

2010-12-26 Thread Brian Boothe
What requirements do i need on a Powermac G3 to run linux , a few years back i burned yellowdog linux but never could get it to boot from CD, can anyone help me thanks -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and

Re: Running Linux on mac G3

2010-12-26 Thread Mystic Prowler
I have tried this before on an iMac G3 graphite with Ubuntu 10.04, and after the system files loaded, the screen didn't show up, so I reverted to Tiger. On Sat, Dec 25, 2010 at 7:40 PM, Brian Boothe br...@midtechpc.com wrote: What requirements do i need on a Powermac G3 to run linux , a few

Re: Linux on Mac

2008-09-24 Thread Robert Menes
On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 3:17 AM, Matt Wenham [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 2008/9/23 KP [EMAIL PROTECTED]: All the talk about Windows' on Mac, has brought me to this question. Can a person run Linux on an Intel Mac? Absolutely! Debian, Yellow Dog, Gentoo, and Ubuntu all have PowerPC versions of

Re: Linux on Mac

2008-09-24 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Sep 23, 2008, at 5:45 AM, Christopher Collins wrote: Yes on Intel and yes on PPC. cjc Even yes on 68K: http://www.mac.linux-m68k.org/ http://www.openbsd.org/mac68k.html And that latter says it'll work on my old LCIIIcool! -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of

Re: Linux on Mac

2008-09-24 Thread Kyle Parish
http://www.pclinuxos.com/ On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 12:50 PM, Kyle Parish [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A friend of mine has PCLinuxOS on his Win/Tel machine. His 3D graphics are the best I've seen for Linux. I'm just wondering if any of you have used PCLinuxOS? On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 5:46 AM,

Re: Linux on Mac

2008-09-23 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Sep 23, 2008, at 8:58 AM, Charles Davis wrote: BSD, is also a 'UNIX' 'Look Alike' [to the extent that it has passed most of, if not all of the validations to be called UNIX] BSD stands for 'Berkley Standard Distribution'; the 'of Unix' was left off because everyone knew that was

Re: Linux on Mac

2008-09-23 Thread ./aal
On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 10:58 AM, Charles Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sep 23, 2008, at 9:48 AM, ./aal wrote: On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 1:29 AM, KP [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: All the talk about Windows' on Mac, has brought me to this question. Can a person run Linux on an Intel Mac?

Re: Linux on Mac

2008-09-23 Thread Charles Davis
On Sep 23, 2008, at 12:16 PM, ./aal wrote: On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 10:58 AM, Charles Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sep 23, 2008, at 9:48 AM, ./aal wrote: On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 1:29 AM, KP [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: All the talk about Windows' on Mac, has brought me to this

Re: Linux on Mac

2008-09-23 Thread ./aal
The 'Implication' being that you could swap the 'GNU' portions, and still have operable systems. [Don't work that way.] Your implication being that tool=use [not quite] You can take a car from UK and swap it onto a US road. That does not mean you also carry over the laws from the UK with