[vox-tech] linux on Mac iBook

[Jonathan Stickel]

Rick Moen wrote:
> Quoting myself:
> 
>>Quoting Jonathan Stickel (jjstickel at sbcglobal.net):
>>
>>
>>>Someone wants to install Linux on a Mac iBook (i.e. PowerPC arch.) at 
>>>the installfest Saturday.  This is new to me.  Any recommendations, 
>>>especially in regards to distribution?  For new users, I often go with 
>>>Fedora.  I see that the test version of Fedora 4 is out with a version 
>>>for PPC.  I'll probably go with that unless I'm advised not to.
>>
>>That would probably work fine.
> 
> 
> You might want to stick to Fedora Core 3, though[1].  The FC4 "test1"
> images have been getting pretty frightful reviews.
> 
> If you're an LWN subscriber, see this, for example, from Ladislav
> Bodnar of Distrowatch:  http://lwn.net/Articles/127844/  (Bodnar
> test-installed and then laboriously fixed breakage in the x86_64 image.
> That obviously doesn't necessarily reflect on the brand-new PPC
> addition, but I'd be wary.)
>  
> [1] Yes, I know it wasn't officially supported until the FC4 images.
> But there were ISOs, e.g.:
> http://www.fedoraproject.org/fedorappc/FC-3/isos/

Thanks for pointing this out.  I'll go stop the ppc FC4 download right 
now and get the fc3 isos.

Jonathan