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Subject: Re: Linux PowerPC on a very old PowerBook G4 1 Ghz with 512 MB of RAM?
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Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote:
> On 1/24/2015 6:42 AM, playforvoices wrote:
> 
>>> ...
>>>> But after trying Debian and MorphOS I finaly go back to OSX 10.5. Take
>>>> iCab for Internet, Powermail for Mail, LimeChat for IRC and for security
>>>> I use RootKitHunter OSX (scan for security breaches).
>>> 
>>> Thanks. I guess I will try all of them to pick the best. Or keep all as
>>> multiple boots and partitions. Heh!
>> 
>> I have forget to say something about MintPPC. It's also a good Distro based
>> on Debian 7. On board they have special drivers for PPC Macs and some "Mint
>> Tools". Give them also a try. Please let me know what your final way is. ;)
>> 
> 
> So, we currently have:
> 
> Debian PPC (updated)
> MintPPC (updated)
> MorphOS (Amiga, not Linux; updated)
> Fedora v16-17 (old)
> Yellow Dog Linux (old)
> 
> Any more?

Yes, FreeBSD 10.1 also support PPC hardware.