[TriLUG] Linux on PowerMacs

[Igor Partola]

Would NetBSD be a better choice in this case? :)

On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 2:15 PM, Kevin Otte <nivex at nivex.net> wrote:

> I have just come into possession of two PowerPC based Macs to play around
> with.
>
> The first is a Power Macintosh 8600/250. It's an OldWorld system that I
> have spent most of the last two days trying to get Linux on. The farthest I
> got was the Debian installer attempting to configure the network on DHCP.
> Packets were going out (I could see the requests on the DHCP server) but
> nothing was coming back. Given the age of the machine and the amount of
> hair I've pulled out, I'm guessing the best I can do is find a dumpster for
> this thing. Does anyone have a recommendation on that score, or be
> interested in parting the machine out?
>
> The other is a PowerMac G4. This is all I know about it right now as the
> video card has been removed. If anyone here has a video card that will work
> in this device and wants to have some fun trying to get this one going, do
> let me know. I imagine since it's a NewWorld machine it should go quite a
> bit easier.
>
> Thanks,
> Kevin
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