I run Debian on my OLD venerable G3/266 PowerMac. It works well. Though,
as the years have gone by, it's slower in terms of screen redraws and
such, but that's not too big of a deal. With the G4, you can pretty much
do a "normal" install in terms of "insert CD and go". The difficulties
are things like running Flash, and I find that more and more websites
are using Flash, which is a real bummer for me. There just is no Flash
player for PPC Linux. I have trouble with sound, but that's because my
machine is old, and I run a 2.4.x kernel.
The good thing is that you can run MOL (Mac on Linux), and get back the
few things you may miss in Linux, like Flash.
Some day I'll have enough cash to buy a new machine...but for now,
Debian does a great job for me.
Russell
On Sun, 2006-07-23 at 23:47 -0500, michael hast wrote:
> Hey, do any of you guys actively use desktop Linux on a Macintosh? As I
> mentioned in a previous thread, I picked up a G4 for my wife to play
> with. She has been running OSX 10.4.7, and has recently been thinking
> about loading it with Penguin Power, but is still nervous, having heard
> really vicious rumors about the difficulties of configuring stuff on the
> combination of platform and OS. So, I was wondering if any of you are
> using this combo on a regular basis, and what you have noticed are
> pitfalls or triumphs? Any input welcome. Thanks.
>
> --Michael
>
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