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What Linux for G3 266?
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Mac Enthusiast
Join Date: Feb 1999
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I picked up an old G3 266 and would like to try Linux on it. What should I go for?
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Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Oregon
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Instead of Linux, why not Tiger using Xpostfacto?
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: 127.0.0.1
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Ubuntu, but I may be biased. 
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Join Date: Dec 2005
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hmm i've a PMac 6500 upgraded with a G3 cpu (in the L2 cache slot! lol), i wonder if Ubuntu works on this? Gotta try!! 
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why run linux on a mac when you can run TIGER
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Join Date: Dec 2005
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bcos my old 6500 made around 1996 isn't capable of running Tiger.. plus linux is cool. Ok, not as cool as MacOS but still it's good to learn new stuff
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Jan 2003
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Originally Posted by allmightylittleone
why run linux on a mac when you can run TIGER
Uhm, maybe because it either isn't supported or runs too slowly? 
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Professional Poster
Join Date: Mar 2000
Location: New York, NY, USA
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You could install Ubuntu and then run one of the lightweight window managers, like XFCE.
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The era of anthropomorphizing hardware is over.
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Aug 2004
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Originally Posted by Don Pickett
You could install Ubuntu and then run one of the lightweight window managers, like XFCE.
See Xubuntu.
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Professional Poster
Join Date: Mar 2000
Location: New York, NY, USA
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Originally Posted by siMac
Nice. They did the work for ya.
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The era of anthropomorphizing hardware is over.
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Jan 2003
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Originally Posted by siMac
Seconded. 
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Forum Regular
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Belgium
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Originally Posted by alphasubzero949
Seconded.
I tried to install Ubuntu on my G3 Beige with G4 500 ZIF.
It failed.
I couldn't boot the Live CD on my PowerMac Dual G5 1.8 either. (memory error - I have 2GB of good RAM)
However,Installing it on an Imac G3 350 was successful.
(Last edited by Mac Hammer Fan; Apr 5, 2006 at 06:21 PM.
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MacPro QuadCore 2.66 Nehalem - MacBook SR 2.2 Ghz - PowerMac Dual G5 1.8
Besides Macs, I love Gothic Horror Films
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