User talk:A Fellow Editor/PowerPC Linux

Initial Conversation
[from talk page discussion.]

 -- Heylo, -- 

Thanks for your feedback at #Carry over from #New_template thread.

I took a look at your user page and noticed that you had declared yourself a PowerPC Mac user. If this is still the case you might find Linux MintPPC to be of interest. It did wonders for a 333MHz G3 iMac my Mom had.

--Kevjonesin (talk) 15:59, 1 May 2013 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the suggestion, but offhand I don’t see what benefit there would be to changing my G5’s Tiger OS–what exactly do you mean by “wonders”? I can already run a variety of ’nix applications from a terminal or under X11. The main reason I chose that machine, rather than waiting a few weeks for its Intel-based successors to come out, was so I could continue to run “Classic” Mac applications, especially FreeHand. Although it has some problems with ‘new-fangled’ Web content and Microsoft documents e.g., the G5 still does OK here and at most of the other sites I frequent.–Odysseus1479 (talk) 05:28, 2 May 2013 (UTC)


 * Well the G3 333MHz iMac (w/ 320 MB of RAM) was unable to run Tiger (OS 10.4). But obviously that's not a problem for your G5. Come to think of it, It was after I added the Enlightenment (E17) GUI that things really came together. While still not spry, it became usable. LXDE had been lagging on such meager resources.


 * There might still be some advantages, for you, to having MintPPC as a dual boot option though. On a separate hard drive would be simplest, but it can also be set up to share a disk with Tiger. It would deal with "‘new-fangled’ Web content", receive current updates for most packages, and likely run 'more spryly' (demand less CPU and RAM). Especially with the Enlightenment option. Document software (like LibreOffice) could be installed to handle modern formats.


 * Really depends on how comfortable/savvy you are with computers as to whether I'd advise you to give it a go. One doesn't have to be any sort of Jedi guru or anything, but some understanding (vocabulary) beyond that of a casual app user is needed. I suspect that you already have such.


 * I'd be happy to share more detail from my experience and advise as I can if it's of further interest to you. Might be best WP:talk_page etiquette if we shifted to a subpage (or email) for that though as it's not directly Wikipedia related.


 * --Kevjonesin (talk) 10:27, 2 May 2013 (UTC)


 * Agreed, and thanks again. It wouldn’t hurt for me to learn something about Linux … I‘ll think on it some more and drop you a line if I get serious about the idea.—Odysseus1479 (talk) 03:43, 3 May 2013 (UTC)

Morning Musing
While doing some random musing this morning it occurred to me that your G5 PowerPC is likely much more capable than the old G3 machines I've played with. I'd been focused on MintPPC as it's purported to be the best option for old/weak PPC Macs. Some PPC version of Ubuntu or Fedora live cd/dvd (or live USB) ought to work on your (relatively) newer machine and be much less 'fiddley' for testing/trial purposes.

The 'live' option will allow you to test drive a (or a few) Linux PPC OS(s) without making any changes to your existing installed OS X. In some cases there's even an option to load the live disc image to RAM so as to achieve better responsiveness.

Running live from an optical disc will lag compared to an actual hard disk install. It let's one preview features and compatibility though. 'Live USB' via flash media (thumb drive, SD Card, etc.) is faster than optical. I've also booted from external hard drives via USB and firewire. Kinda' depends on what one has on hand.

--Kevjonesin (talk) 12:52, 5 May 2013 (UTC)

Links

 * —> Ubuntu: PowerPCDownloads


 * —> Fedora: Architectures/PowerPC


 * —> Debian: Debian for PowerPC


 * —> Ubuntu: PowerPCFAQ


 * —> Ask Ubuntu: Ho[w] do I install Ubuntu on my Mac PowerPC G5


 * —> YouTube: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS installation test on PowerMac G5


 * —> LowEndMac.com: Create a Triple Boot Mac with OS 9, OS X, and Linux


 * —> The LiveCD List: PPC


 * —> Linux on your Apple Mac | iLinux: Apple PowerPC wiki


 * —> Google search: fedora 12 ppc live cd


 * —> Google search: ppc linux


 * —> Google search: ppc live cd


 * —> Google search: linux powerpc g5

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Kevjonesin (talk • contribs) 20:44, 5 May 2013 (UTC)