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Fresh-Faced Recruit
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Houston, TX
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I have a Powerbook 3400c/180. I want to know what release of Linux you all suggest for my laptop. I have downloaded Yellow Dog right now, but i dont know what really works best.
Thx
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Minneapolis, MN
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Don't know about the support for your hardware, but YellowDog and LinuxPPC are great distros. I haven't tried SuSe since it was a beta, because it was a difficult install and I couldn't get it right.
Both LinuxPPC and YellowDog should do you right. Although I've heard the YellowDog2.0 has a more recent kernel and software with it due to its being a more recent release. If you feel comfortable with installing and updating your kernel, either of these two distros should be great for you.
Good Luck, Vive la Macintosh!
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Senior User
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: Orange County, California
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Back when I had my 3400/180/1.3/144, I had LinuxPPC running off of a SCSI Jaz drive. I think it was the 2000 Q1 release, and it worked great. The Jaz drive was horribly slow, though. The only thing that didn't work under LinuxPPC was the modem/ethernet card. I had to use an external modem. Maybe Yellow Dog has that supported, but if it doesn't, I'd say give LinuxPPC a try.
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the bighead
- MacBook Pro 15" matte non-unibody 2.6 GHz, 4GB RAM, 120/SSD & 750GB/7200
- PM G4 Dual 1.25 GHz, 2 GB RAM, 1x320 boot, 1x2TB TM Backup - 2x1TB & 2x3TB Archive/Backup
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Fresh-Faced Recruit
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Houston, TX
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I think im going with yellow dog, but what did you have to do to make your pb boot off the linux install cd?
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