My first distro was MKLinux DR3 on a Beige G3 (233 MHz)įollowed by LinuxPPC 1999 and then Yellow Dog Linux 2.0 and finally Fedora. ![]() Linux worked very well on Apple PowerPC hardware but I don't know that any mainstream distributions still maintain 32 bit PPC builds. How easy would it be to make a chromecast bullet proof system on a really old PC or Mac? I know there is "cloudready" and ars wrote about that, but what about a REALLY old system? Being able to load some version of Linux that will get updates (security and otherwise) and continue to work for a while (say 5+ years?) reasonably is a pretty good thing when all they really are interested in is mail and browsing. It's not unusual for the Grandparents to have a computer for a LONG time. I know Linux works well on older hardware, but I've not REALLY tried to to do the "old computer" Linux thing in a while. Is it possible to take an old G3 that will not work with OS9, load it up with a distro that it works with and be able to work reasonably (say, without having to re-compile everything?) I think more interesting would be to see how useful Linux can be on older systems like that G3.
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