Dazzla Veteran Posted September 26, 2002 Veteran Share Posted September 26, 2002 Has anyone done this around here? What with Mandrake 9 finally being released I'm intrigued (although there doesn't seem to be a Mandrake 9 PPC version yet (I hope)). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheer Posted September 26, 2002 Share Posted September 26, 2002 I had Yellow Dog 2.1 then 2.2 running on mine (g4/400/AGP Radeon 32) and to be honest I found 10.1 zippier. Seeing as you have little patience (like myself) you'll probably find Linux a tedious (at times) experience, tho setting up and installing YDL is a breeze, hats off to them for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fedr0 Posted September 26, 2002 Share Posted September 26, 2002 At the moment there's just the "old" 8.2 version. You can find more info here. There are no plans about a PPC version of the 9 yet, or, at least, I didn't find anything regarding on their site. :ermm: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazzla Veteran Posted September 26, 2002 Author Veteran Share Posted September 26, 2002 I had 8 on my laptop for a long time. I was just wondering how the experience was like on a Mac. I'm hoping that there will be a PPC version of 9, there's nothing special they have to do to get it running on a PPC processor is there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheer Posted September 26, 2002 Share Posted September 26, 2002 Recompile to PPC instruction set... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvorgold Posted September 26, 2002 Share Posted September 26, 2002 one of my friends installed yellow dog (or one of the other ppc linux os's) and he wasnt too fond of it, i was going to send him mandrake for vpc but 40 gigs of storage wouldnt be enough someday for mac os/two images of windows (one xp one 98) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparkleytone Posted September 26, 2002 Share Posted September 26, 2002 yellow dog is probably the best distro for a mac, as its package manager is light years beyond anything mandrake ever puts out. i say never run linux on a mac unless its a g4 and you absolutely need it for computational purposes. otherwise there is really no reason other than the usual masturbatory ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazzla Veteran Posted September 26, 2002 Author Veteran Share Posted September 26, 2002 I liked Mandrake on my VAIO so that's why I wanna check 9 out on my Mac (if it comes out that is). Yellow dog linux doesn't work on the combo drive FP iMac so that's out of the question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparkleytone Posted September 26, 2002 Share Posted September 26, 2002 mandrake is ok, i used it on my pcs when i was first learning linux. id still recommend something with a nice package management implementation. i've been itching to try Gentoo due to recommendations and the promise of its auto dependency resolution, but I have no boxes that are expendable enough to do a complete rework on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazydesert Posted September 26, 2002 Share Posted September 26, 2002 Originally posted by sparkleytone mandrake is ok, i used it on my pcs when i was first learning linux. id still recommend something with a nice package management implementation. i've been itching to try Gentoo due to recommendations and the promise of its auto dependency resolution, but I have no boxes that are expendable enough to do a complete rework on. gentoo kicks mandrakes ass :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Dorr Veteran Posted September 26, 2002 Veteran Share Posted September 26, 2002 if they have SRPMS or just a source release for mandrake9, you might be able to compile it to work. but that's probably REALLY involved. try gentoo though, you might be able to compile it to a PPC platform... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparkleytone Posted September 26, 2002 Share Posted September 26, 2002 well...i just sold my p3 box and dropped the 60GB HD with all my important stuff into my one remaining PC. ooooold gateway. pentium 133 with 80MB of SIMMS. it runs slackware, which has been my favorite distro due to stability (once you get it installed ;)) so i really dont have a way to try out gentoo :(...maybe i can pick up a box off of someone...a 486 even. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
divinatum Posted September 26, 2002 Share Posted September 26, 2002 Originally posted by timdorr if they have SRPMS or just a source release for mandrake9, you might be able to compile it to work. but that's probably REALLY involved. try gentoo though, you might be able to compile it to a PPC platform... http://gentoo.org/doc/gentoo-ppc-install.html ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvorgold Posted September 26, 2002 Share Posted September 26, 2002 lol hax0r still only has 100 bux for his ibook fund (get an emac instead ;) jk)...but u'll end up saving enough money sooner or later but if u get enough money by the right time, new models of ibooks may be out by then (january but doubt it)...but then again i have $0 in my "i want a powermac fund" lol....even tho my dads going to buy it for me....atleast he says :s....gotta love early grad presents :s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
divinatum Posted September 26, 2002 Share Posted September 26, 2002 i need a job 1st. :right: but i got alotta **** im planning to sell thats sitting around my room collecting dust thats never used Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cerbero Posted September 26, 2002 Share Posted September 26, 2002 I'm just curious as to why you want to use Linux in the first place? :) I mean, you can run most X11 apps in OSX if you install XDarwin and OroborOSX, if that's what you're after. And you still have the ability to run Photoshop :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazzla Veteran Posted September 26, 2002 Author Veteran Share Posted September 26, 2002 Originally posted by cerbero I'm just curious as to why you want to use Linux in the first place? :) I mean, you can run most X11 apps in OSX if you install XDarwin and OroborOSX, if that's what you're after. And you still have the ability to run Photoshop :D No reason, I just wanna. Wanna have a play :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cerbero Posted September 27, 2002 Share Posted September 27, 2002 Originally posted by Dazzla No reason, I just wanna. Wanna have a play :p Hehe, I thought so. Well it's a good way to learn the basics of a UNIX-like OS anyway, so you'll have use for what you learn in Mac OS X later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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