Re: Time to switch?
On Monday 18 October 2004 15:25, Thomas Carlson wrote:
Hi Tom.
> I have been using Yellow Dog Linux 3.0 on my old Powermac 9500 for
> quite a while. Except for problems with serial-port printing, I have
> been happy with it. Now, with the new 4.0 release, YDL has ceased to
> "officially" support pre-G3 machines. This says to me, "You're on your
> own, Jack." Is Debian now a better choice for those of us who are
> still using BootX to dual-boot Linux on old world machines?
On my Powermac 9500, I use Debian Sarge. Did not try dual boot, I don't like
that old MacOS.
> I am using the kernel argument: video=atyfb:vmode:13,cmode:32
> successfully with YDL and have X up and running just fine. Will that
> work for Debian, as well?
Did not try that. I played around with X but did not find a valid
configuration. On my G3 blue and white it was quite easy, I have MacOS X and
Debian (both in graphics mode) up and running.
My PPC 9500 has become a fine home intranet database and web server.
> Any advice is welcome.
>
> Tom
Hartwig
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