[techtalk] A friend's question

[Erin Clarke]

Dunno anything about running it, but:

YellowDog Linux is the one for Mac folk
http://www.yellowdoglinux.com/ydl_home.html

There may be other Mac distributions out there, I 
just don't know of any others, since I'm not much 
of a Mac user (familiar, not avid).

Or she can just wait until MacOS X is released. It is 
quite the convergent hybrid of Berkley and Apple code.
She could get the developers' release for free now...

http://www.apple.com/macosx/
http://www.publicsource.apple.com/projects/darwin/

Its almost enough to make me want to buy Mac HW so 
I can run it and check it out. ;^)

I friend of mine just D/L'd and installed (on a G3) 
the developers' release, so I'll satisfy my curiosity 
through his experiences. 

Erin  8)

On Tue, Jun 13, 2000 at 05:11:26AM +1000, Jenn V. wrote:
> I've been asked to ask the list a set of questions I couldn't answer.
> 
> > I've become overwhelmed by a crushing desire to install Linux on my
> > Powerbook G3. Which distribution would you suggest? Do they all offer
> > dual-boot with MacOS - and can I repartition my drive without totally wiping
> > it?
> 
> She wants an 'I just want to use it' distro - she's interested in 
> Linux but not interested in the guts. (Yet. Muahahahaa!)
> 
> The reason I couldn't answer it is the MacOS part. I did refer her
> to the laptops FAQ (which mentions the Powerbooks), but couldn't
> find any appropriate HOWTOs. :/
>
> Advice, please?