On 6/24/06, Brian Durant <globetrotterdk@diplomatic-immunity.dk> wrote:
> Wow, so the situation is even worse than with Linux? I don't really
> get what the problem is. The argument always seems to be based on the
> fact that there is such a plethora of different combinations and
> makes of hardware (cards, motherboards, etc.), but on the PPC
> platform, Apple has always maintained such a strict control on the
> hardware. The only time when this policy changed was during the clone
> period.
>
> I haven't been able to get Linux working on either my recently
> purchased G3 PDQ or my G5 single (PowerMac 9.1) - except for Fedora
> Core PPC 5 (no sound). I would have thought that the BSDs being more
> closely related to OS X, the situation would be less problematic.
> Apple (claims at least, it) is supporting the Open Source community
> and I assumed that would include opening up for Open Source drivers
> for Apple gardware.

I've had good experiences with Ubuntu on PPC hardware.  You might want
to give it a try.

> What are the alternatives for the G3 PDQ? Is it possible to strip
> down Jaguar (OS X 10.2.8) so that it only runs opgradable X Window
> apps? Many OS X apps have passed the cut off OS (Jaguar) for the PDQ.
> I know that a modified BootX exists that allows installation of
> Tiger, but I really just got the PDQ to run a Linux or BSD system on.

I think you'd also install plain Darwin and use pkgsrc on top of it to
install applications.

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