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@muug.mb.ca [mailto:roundtable-bounces@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@binary.is
On Fri, Nov 26, 2010 at 7:56 PM, Kevin McGregor kevin.a.mcgregor@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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