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kappesante mol-general@lists.maconlinux.org
Tue, 20 Aug 2002 19:38:48 +0200


Il giorno 20-08-2002 15:38, Yvon Thoraval, yvon.thoraval@free.fr ha scritto:

> On Tuesday 20 August 2002 02:54, kappesante wrote:
>> hi, i'm goin to install linux on a future eMac that i'd like to buy.
>> i used linux 2000 PPC times ago on iMac, but i know it's no more supported.
>> if someone can suggest a good version to install.. i know many uses ydl. i
>> have the version  2,2..  and mandrake 8.2 but i cant startup from the
>> mandrake cd.. dont know why.
>> please help! what version is better?
> 
> latest mandrake is optimized for G3G4.
> in my opinion/experience too buggy for oldword (ppc 604e)
> 
> ydl 2.3 works well on both old-new world a lot of updates to do : have a look
> at yellowdog ftp site under the directory "updates/yelowwdog2.3"... kde 3 is
> too slow after fisrt install (that's to say without Qt updates...)
> 
> you may also consider (afterwards) gentoo ppc the 1.4 will be released in a
> couple of weeks... but needs a fast internet connection... command-line
> installer... someone advises me installing gentoo from ydl 2.3...
> 
> openBSD is also working on newworld mac may be a good competitor over macOS X
> if your emac is a G3 one, otherwise, if G4, why not macOS X ? with
> WFreeDarwin and fink ?
> 
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