[RndTbl] Linux on eMac

[Adam Thompson]

There are several pitfalls to using non-MacOS-UNIX on a G3 platform, the non-availability of binary blobs foremost among those, with the fact that you’re typically weeks or months behind other platforms running a close second.  For example, no Flash.  Period.  Or accelerated video drivers, sometimes.

 

I would suggest taking a close look at running either OpenBSD or NetBSD on a G3; NetBSD still treats PPC as a tier-1 platform (AFAIK) and OpenBSD, well, just doesn’t need to be updated very often :-).  (Neither does Debian, for that matter.)

 

Also, compared to *anything* current (even Netbooks), a G3 is going to feel sloooooooow.

 

-Adam

 

 

From: roundtable-bounces at muug.mb.ca [mailto:roundtable-bounces at muug.mb.ca] On Behalf Of Helgi Hrafn Gunnarsson
Sent: Saturday, November 27, 2010 02:47
To: Continuation of Round Table discussion
Subject: Re: [RndTbl] Linux on eMac

 

Ubuntu and Fedora Core have been ported to PowerPC by independent teams, but Debian prides itself in being supported on just about any CPU.

 

I use Debian on a PowerPC as a personal server (G3, I think, I'm not even sure) and I never have to think about it.

 

Kind regards,

Helgi Hrafn Gunnarsson

helgi at binary.is

On Fri, Nov 26, 2010 at 7:56 PM, Kevin McGregor <kevin.a.mcgregor at gmail.com> wrote:

I noticed (what used to be) MacHelper is advertising eMacs (refurbished, of course) for $99. Just of of curiosity, what would be the most recent version of Linux that will run on these PPC-based machines?

Kevin

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