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Re Clear OS linux like set up
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Omnios
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Mar 14, 2011, 11:03 PM
 
Hi I just bought a used PPC G4 and waiting for it to get delivered. I am looking for a set up similar to the Clear OS linux set up. I do not know macs at all but generally want to do a few things with it. One is I want to get a airport card and a two or more port ethernet and set up a router station with complete control for internet access and network with a laptop and a tower in the future. I also want to set up a home file server and possibly web server. Not sure if this can be done with mac os or a linux set up. I have been using Ubuntu. Thinking of using linux a branch version of arch looks interesting as I have used Arch before and its minimalist install. Thinking of running it headless after playing with mac os for a bit.

Can anyone steer me in the right direction.
     
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Mar 15, 2011, 01:17 AM
 
You can do that with an OS X Mac using ipfw for your routing, Apache, and AFP/Samba/SSHfs for your file sharing in OS X. However, OS X is a bulky OS and you'll have to stick with Leopard (and not Snow Leopard or Lion) with your G4.

Unfortunately, last I checked not many Linux distros offer a PowerPC option that is kept in parity with their x86 version and is well supported.
     
   
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