[NTLUG:Discuss] Best distro for a Mac G5 tower

BBBB brad.list at thingbuilder.com
Sun Aug 9 20:57:10 CDT 2009


Ralph Green wrote:
> Howdy,
>   On another list I follow, someone is asking about what distro of Linux
> to use on his G5 tower.  Has anyone here actually installed and run
> Linux on a G5 tower?  If so, what do you recommend?  I remember Rick
> Cook using it on at least a dual G4, but I don't remember about the G5.
> Good day,
> Ralph
> 
I bought a used G5 without an OS and ran The latest Ubuntu on it for a 
while to test the hardware before installing the Mac OS.
   It seemed to run fine although I didn't test it extensively.

Bradley



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