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Hello,
I recently acquired a Power Macintosh 5500/250. I am interested in getting Linux installed on it. I have done some research and I have been able to install BootX ...
- 06-09-2007 #1Just Joined!
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Good "Old World" Mac Distro
Hello,
I recently acquired a Power Macintosh 5500/250. I am interested in getting Linux installed on it. I have done some research and I have been able to install BootX 1.2.2. However, I'm new to Linux and I was wondering if anybody could suggest a good distro that would run on such an old mac. I'm not looking for any sort of desktop environment, just a basic distro with a shell.
Thanks.
- 06-10-2007 #2Linux Guru
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Try Yellow Dog.
I have never tried this distro, and I have never owned any sort of Mac, I have just heard that this distro was made for Macs.How to know if you are a geek.
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Something light like Debian with a lightweight WM, maybe Gentoo or Arch may work
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