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Old 03-12-2007, 12:54 PM   #1
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Good PPC Distro?

Whats a good PPC distro? My G4 Mac Mini seems kinda slow with OS X on it.
 
Old 03-12-2007, 01:00 PM   #2
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I don't know of any PPC distro other than Debian

http://www.us.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/
 
Old 03-12-2007, 01:28 PM   #3
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There's a couple others.

I'm sure a link or two will turn up.
 
Old 03-12-2007, 01:30 PM   #4
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Ubuntu should be dropped from PPC active distros as the next Ubuntu version drops PPC altogether.
 
Old 05-24-2008, 11:38 PM   #5
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That is what they keep saying. I am running Ubuntu Hardy heron on my g3's.
I did have to search to find the iso's since they are not in the standard tree.
 
  


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