Linux on the Mac
I forgot to mention a couple weeks ago when I wrote about trying to install LinuxPPC on my Mac: LinuxPPC is no longer maintained. There are plenty of other Linux distributions for the Mac, though, including SuSE’s and Yellow Dog. I’m a big fan of Yellow Dog, for reasons that I admit I don’t entirely understand. Probably because they’ve long worked exclusively on the PowerPC.
Still, I’ve decided against running Linux in addition to OS X and OS 9 on our primary Mac. No need, and more a pain than it’s worth. MacGIMP is something else, though! Part of me really wants to look hard at Fink, since I would love to get some things like GNOME working with OS X, but…nah. Not for now. Although the possibiliy of eventually being able to run Ximian Evolution does interest me.
28 Dec 2001 Sam