Distro recommendations for older iBook

eveningsky339 · 07-07-2011, 08:02 AM

Just snatched a couple of ibooks at a yard sale for $50 each, good deal. They both run OSX, 128 mb RAM, looks like 20 GB hard drive. I don't think these are going to handle anything heavier than XFCE.

I'm assuming these have PowerPC architecture...? So good support for PowerPC is a must.

TobiSGD · 07-07-2011, 08:11 AM

Debian, Gentoo, Arch or one of the BSDs.

Edit: Forgot Yellow Dog and Frugalware.

eveningsky339 · 07-11-2011, 01:25 PM

Looks like Debian is my best choice.

Arcane · 07-11-2011, 01:32 PM

Most of distros will run because Linux is kernel and if you will strip down existing distro from #Bling%-*Bling$ items(like Gnome or KDE or 100 services on startup) you will get same performance. But if you like more suggestions - AntiX, Absolute, Austrumi..

FredGSanford · 07-12-2011, 08:59 AM

I put a Debian netinst on an old G3 iMac a couple of years ago along with LXDE. It went pretty smooth but was a little tricky with the ATI graphic card. I still have the machine but haven't used it since.

TobiSGD · 07-12-2011, 09:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Arcane

Most of distros will run because Linux is kernel and if you will strip down existing distro from #Bling%-*Bling$ items(like Gnome or KDE or 100 services on startup) you will get same performance. But if you like more suggestions - AntiX, Absolute, Austrumi..

Most distros don't have a PowerPC-port, so no, most distros will not work.

Arcane · 07-12-2011, 10:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TobiSGD

Most distros don't have a PowerPC-port, so no, most distros will not work.

Yea sorry i was replying to title and noticed it later..too late to fix it. That is why people should not mislead in titles..