Linux for G5

willsomebody · willsomebody #1 (**permalink**)

03-01-2007, 10:54 PM

I have a quad core 2.5 G5, all the fun stuff. But I was wonder what would be the best linux to install for this? I was wondering if there are any with certain problems for mac hardware or what problems other have. Thanks, Will.

P.S. sorry for the grammar, I'm just lazy tonight.

novicew · novicew #2 (**permalink**)

03-02-2007, 02:01 AM

Haven't tried it myself but Ubuntu seems to one of the best candidate unless you want to do tinkering with Gentoo. You can find lots of info. at DistroWatch.

rman · rman #3 (**permalink**)

03-02-2007, 10:44 AM

Just wondering here. If OS X is unix and Linux is unix, why would install it? Is there something in Linux that is not in OS X?

willsomebody · willsomebody #4 (**permalink**)

03-02-2007, 09:27 PM

I want linux because i want opensource, something i can put on my mac, in my car, on my psp, and i know it all unix, but i like the linux totality.

novicew #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Jan 04, 2006 Location: Hamburg, Germany Posts: 1,385 Mac Specs: MacBook Pro \| iMac(2.1 G5) \| MacBook(2.16 C2D) \| MacMini (1.67 CD) \| iPhone 4 \| iPad (3rd Gen)	03-02-2007, 02:01 AM Haven't tried it myself but Ubuntu seems to one of the best candidate unless you want to do tinkering with Gentoo. You can find lots of info. at DistroWatch. finiteloops.com
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willsomebody #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Mar 01, 2007 Posts: 2	03-01-2007, 10:54 PM I have a quad core 2.5 G5, all the fun stuff. But I was wonder what would be the best linux to install for this? I was wondering if there are any with certain problems for mac hardware or what problems other have. Thanks, Will. P.S. sorry for the grammar, I'm just lazy tonight.
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willsomebody #4 (permalink)
Member Since: Mar 01, 2007 Posts: 2	03-02-2007, 09:27 PM I want linux because i want opensource, something i can put on my mac, in my car, on my psp, and i know it all unix, but i like the linux totality.
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