Bill Layer wrote: > > Is anyone on the list running Linux on Macintosh hardware, either 68K or PPC? > I'm getting ready to start playing with Mac68K Linux, and I was looking for > some *local* advice & feedback on using Linux on the Mac. > > So far, it looks like Debian is the only game in town..? > > My main question is, what software (that might traditionally be used on x86 > Linux) can I expect to work, and what should I *not* expect to work? > I use linuxppc on a 7500 with a g3 card and it works great. There is a lack of pre-built packages, but if you have the source almost everything compiles (some things that do kernel mucking have problems (like cipe and freeswan), but you can work around most of them) the usb support of mac (can't remember if it's the ohci or uhci) is back ported quite well to the 2.2.x kernels. personally I run a 2.4.0test10 and X4.0.1 (I run these so I can use a usb wheel mouse (xpmac supports usb, but not wheelie)) linuxppc 2000 has a nice installer. Don't know about the 68k side, but the ppc side there are at least 4 distro's that have good support (linuxppc, debian, yellowdog, turbo, and maybe even suse) http://www.wookieweb.com/linux/distro.htm kind of paints the 68k picture... Eric eric at urbanrage.com -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: smime.p7s Type: application/x-pkcs7-signature Size: 1973 bytes Desc: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature Url : http://shadowknight.real-time.com/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20001207/50c3cff0/smime.bin