[wellylug] Mac Users Distro

[Joseph Booth]

On 17 Nov 2004, at 23:50, Steven Mulvay wrote:

> Hi all, how are you?
> This is a question for all the members of the LUG who use Linux on a  
> Macintosh. What distribution of Linux do you use? I'm currently using  
> Yellow Dog Linux 3.0.1 on my G4 iMac. I'm thinking about upgrading to  
> Yellow Dog Linux 4.0 but before I do I want to see what other  
> distributions cater for Macintosh computers, there might one better  
> suited to my needs than Yellowdog.
>

I've used Mandrake PPC, and YDL.  Both ok.

Now days I just use OS X.. most of the OSS works anyway, and the GUI  
isn't lacking.  Fink is a good util for getting the OSS you need in the  
right flavour.

You may recall the "Devil in OS X" preso a while back:
http://yomcat.geek.nz/plog/index.php? 
op=ViewArticle&articleId=101&blogId=4

Happy maccing.


> <snip>
> Any help you could provide would be greatly appreciated, thank you for  
> your time.
>
> Cheers,
> Steve

No worries.

-Jo.

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