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Old 02-16-2007
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Dual Boot Linux on an emac

Could someone give suggestions on best distro to install on a G4 emac?
Thanks for any replies.
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Old 02-16-2007
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I believe the G4 eMac is a PPC based machine, not an Intel.

Google for Bootcamp on Mac OS X
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Old 02-17-2007
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can't use boot camp On PPC.I've been told.
I think I'll use yellow dog.
Thanks for the reply.
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Old 02-17-2007
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You shoudl be able to dual boot without problems. People do it, I just haven't so I don't have any specifics.

I do know that you aren't limited to Yellow Dog. I've personally had Ubuntu and Opensuse on my G3 B&W. Gentoo also works on PPC. There are lots of options you have.
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Old 02-17-2007
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There's plenty of PPC linuxes out there... Debian, Fedora Core, Mandrake, Gentoo, SuSe, Ubuntu and more... All of which are very popular flavors of Linux at the moment.

Unfortunately - as time passes - PPC will go the way of the dodo. This is a result of PPC's hardware being EOL.

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Old 02-17-2007
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There's plenty of PPC linuxes out there... Debian, Fedora Core, Mandrake, Gentoo, SuSe, Ubuntu and more...
yep --- just got to work out the dual boot.
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Old 02-21-2007
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Thanks people.
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