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i got a mac.. what can i do with it?
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<blockquote data-quote="Jdurr" data-source="post: 68119"><p>If you absolutely must have linux there is Yellowdog (which is red hat based), Mandrake, Debian, Gentoo, Crux, Ubuntu, and an older version of SuSE (I dont think I forgot any). There is also NetBSD, OpenBSD, and Darwin (which is the core of osx. It is a free download with a few different versions, Open Darwin and I think a GNU Darwin).</p><p></p><p>When you get OS X make sure you avoid 10.0. I am stuck with that while 10.3 is in the mail and it is rough (no gcc or other c compiler is my largesty complaint). If your trying to use anything newer than 10.2 on that G3 then your going to need to use Xpost Facto.</p><p></p><p>If you are used to GNU/Linux then you should check out the fink project and darwin ports. Fink is an apt-get like package management system with both source and binaries. Darwin ports is similar to BSD or Gentoo style ports (downloading and compiling source). The package lists are still small in comparison to other *nix ports systems, but they have something like 1500 packages each. I don't remember websites off hand, but google knows them.</p><p></p><p>The fastest G4 upgrade is Sonnet's 1ghz, and the fastest G3 is Powerlogix 1.1ghz.</p><p>ATI makes a "mac edition" PCI version of the 9200, and I think the cpu upgrades might increase the amount of ram you can use (I know it works this way with the wallstreet powerbook).</p><p></p><p>Thats about all I can think of for now.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jdurr, post: 68119"] If you absolutely must have linux there is Yellowdog (which is red hat based), Mandrake, Debian, Gentoo, Crux, Ubuntu, and an older version of SuSE (I dont think I forgot any). There is also NetBSD, OpenBSD, and Darwin (which is the core of osx. It is a free download with a few different versions, Open Darwin and I think a GNU Darwin). When you get OS X make sure you avoid 10.0. I am stuck with that while 10.3 is in the mail and it is rough (no gcc or other c compiler is my largesty complaint). If your trying to use anything newer than 10.2 on that G3 then your going to need to use Xpost Facto. If you are used to GNU/Linux then you should check out the fink project and darwin ports. Fink is an apt-get like package management system with both source and binaries. Darwin ports is similar to BSD or Gentoo style ports (downloading and compiling source). The package lists are still small in comparison to other *nix ports systems, but they have something like 1500 packages each. I don't remember websites off hand, but google knows them. The fastest G4 upgrade is Sonnet's 1ghz, and the fastest G3 is Powerlogix 1.1ghz. ATI makes a "mac edition" PCI version of the 9200, and I think the cpu upgrades might increase the amount of ram you can use (I know it works this way with the wallstreet powerbook). Thats about all I can think of for now. [/QUOTE]
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