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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-CA link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>There are several pitfalls to using non-MacOS-UNIX on a G3 platform, the non-availability of binary blobs foremost among those, with the fact that you’re typically weeks or months behind other platforms running a close second. For example, no Flash. Period. Or accelerated video drivers, sometimes.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I would suggest taking a close look at running either OpenBSD or NetBSD on a G3; NetBSD still treats PPC as a tier-1 platform (AFAIK) and OpenBSD, well, just doesn’t need to be updated very often :-). (Neither does Debian, for that matter.)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Also, compared to *<b>anything</b>* current (even Netbooks), a G3 is going to feel sloooooooow.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>-Adam<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a name="_MailEndCompose"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></a></p><div style='border:none;border-left:solid blue 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt'><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> roundtable-bounces@muug.mb.ca [mailto:roundtable-bounces@muug.mb.ca] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Helgi Hrafn Gunnarsson<br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, November 27, 2010 02:47<br><b>To:</b> Continuation of Round Table discussion<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [RndTbl] Linux on eMac<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Ubuntu and Fedora Core have been ported to PowerPC by independent teams, but Debian prides itself in being supported on just about any CPU.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I use Debian on a PowerPC as a personal server (G3, I think, I'm not even sure) and I never have to think about it.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Helgi Hrafn Gunnarsson<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><a href="mailto:helgi@binary.is">helgi@binary.is</a><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Fri, Nov 26, 2010 at 7:56 PM, Kevin McGregor <<a href="mailto:kevin.a.mcgregor@gmail.com">kevin.a.mcgregor@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>I noticed (what used to be) MacHelper is advertising eMacs (refurbished, of course) for $99. Just of of curiosity, what would be the most recent version of Linux that will run on these PPC-based machines?<br><span style='color:#888888'><br>Kevin<br></span><br>_______________________________________________<br>Roundtable mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Roundtable@muug.mb.ca">Roundtable@muug.mb.ca</a><br><a href="http://www.muug.mb.ca/mailman/listinfo/roundtable" target="_blank">http://www.muug.mb.ca/mailman/listinfo/roundtable</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></div></body></html>