Madrake on Mac
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michaelsanford
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It appears Mandrake Linux PPC can (should) be run as the main system (like you said, a partition).
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/ppcFAQ.php3
I'd advise against emulation of anything at all costs. In my opinion, that is. I've got VPC and WindowsXP dummed down to specs even below what runs smoothly on my Compaq 333MHz with 96 RAM, and it runs terribly on my iMac (specs below).
However, you should read up on how the Mandrake linux bootloader will work in combination with Mac OS X. For example, YellowDog Linux has a special bootloader (yaboot) that makes it simple to boot to Mac OS X/OS 9/YDL, I don't know anything about Mandrake's bootloader.
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/ppcFAQ.php3
I'd advise against emulation of anything at all costs. In my opinion, that is. I've got VPC and WindowsXP dummed down to specs even below what runs smoothly on my Compaq 333MHz with 96 RAM, and it runs terribly on my iMac (specs below).
However, you should read up on how the Mandrake linux bootloader will work in combination with Mac OS X. For example, YellowDog Linux has a special bootloader (yaboot) that makes it simple to boot to Mac OS X/OS 9/YDL, I don't know anything about Mandrake's bootloader.
ApeintheShell
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michaelsanford.....this will shock you than, i loaded up VPC3 w/98 on a 300mhz iBook running OS 9 and it was very quick.
otherwise, i took off the version you have because it was unusable for me.
otherwise, i took off the version you have because it was unusable for me.
kilowatt
mach-o mach-o man
I ran Yellow Dog Linux on a Beige G3/266 tower.
It was certainly faster than Mac OS X on a QuickSilver 733.
Emmulation of course is slow, and I think thats an off topic discussion anyway.
To answer your question, loom001, you will have a fair amount of manual setting up to do. Its been my observation over the years that the more idiot-proof a disto appears to be, the more work you'll have to do to get what you really want done - say, changeing window managers.
From what I learned, I can tell you this, expect less in the multimedia area from linux. For one, there's no quick time. Big deal I suppose, but there's more. FireWire support isn't nearly where it is on MacOS. And I'm not sure if DVD playing is supported . Scanner support is low. As for audio, you'll probably have to tweak that a bit. But, most of this stuff is possable if you just RTM, and make use of resources like the various power pc linux mailing lists.
Also, you can do TONS with a nice program called Mac on Linux, or MOL .
Running Linux on a Macintosh is great fun, and you will get a lot out of it, even if you don't choose to stick with it.
It was certainly faster than Mac OS X on a QuickSilver 733.
Emmulation of course is slow, and I think thats an off topic discussion anyway.
To answer your question, loom001, you will have a fair amount of manual setting up to do. Its been my observation over the years that the more idiot-proof a disto appears to be, the more work you'll have to do to get what you really want done - say, changeing window managers.
From what I learned, I can tell you this, expect less in the multimedia area from linux. For one, there's no quick time. Big deal I suppose, but there's more. FireWire support isn't nearly where it is on MacOS. And I'm not sure if DVD playing is supported . Scanner support is low. As for audio, you'll probably have to tweak that a bit. But, most of this stuff is possable if you just RTM, and make use of resources like the various power pc linux mailing lists.
Also, you can do TONS with a nice program called Mac on Linux, or MOL .
Running Linux on a Macintosh is great fun, and you will get a lot out of it, even if you don't choose to stick with it.
michaelsanford
Translator, Web Developer
Apeintheshell, that does shock me 