Is there a Free program to run linux while running the Mac OS?

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Is there a Free program to run linux while running the Mac OS?

I have used Q to run windows while running the Mac OS, is there a program to do the same with Linux?


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I think Q can run linix also.
 
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PowerBookG4 said:
I think Q can run linix also.

This is correct. Q can not only run Linux (or any other x86 operating system you'd care to think of) but it can also emulate other architectures, including ARM, SPARC, PPC and MIPS.
 
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Jonnyfive said:
Is there a Free program to run linux while running the Mac OS?

I have used Q to run windows while running the Mac OS, is there a program to do the same with Linux?


Thanks.

You could also dual boot with Yellow Dog, Ubuntu and at least 2 other flavors. I believe one of the others is Fedora.
 
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Awesome, thank you friends!
When using Q in the initial setup it asks you what type of machine it is going to emulate, would the linux run faster if I told it to emulate a PPC considering I am running the program on my PPC powerbook?
 

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