PPC Linux

PPC Linux

The four earliest articles by Page not found | Low End Mac

were first published in Linux Magazine (UK). The later ones are original to Low End Mac.

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Articles by Jason Walsh

Linux and BSD Unix for older Macs, 2002.08.13. Linux and BSD Unix distributions for 68k Macs and pre-PCI Power Macs.
Another look at Yellow Dog Linux, 2002.08.06. "Almost any PCI machine from an ancient Power Mac 7200 to the latest iMac will run YDL 2.3 well."
A Runtime Revolution for Linux and the Mac OS, 2002.07.31. Runtime Revolution brings the promise of write once multimedia to Linux, Windows, OS X, and the classic Mac OS.
PPC Linux: The end?, 2002.07.29. PPC Linux resources - and the possible end of the road for the PPC Linux column.
Yellow Dog Linux on a Power Mac, 2002.06.20. Why Yellow Dog Linux is a great starting point for Power Mac users who want to learn Linux.
OS X from a Linux perspective, 2002.06.13. "OS X is great. OS X is beautiful. In fact, sad to say it, but OS X knocks Linux into a cocked hat."
Classics, Performas, iMacs, and G4s, My First Mac, 2002.06.10. From Classics in school to a Performa at home to editing video on a G4 to writing on an iMac, the Mac is a great production tool.
Open source reality check, 2002.06.06. Open source idealism, business pragmatism, and the real reason programers write software.
Beyond Linux apps: Mac on Linux, 2002.05.30. Running Linux but need a Mac app? Mac on Linux lets you run classic Mac software on your PPC Linux machine.
A sampling of Linux software, 2002.05.23. A quick taste of browsing, productivity, graphical, media, gaming, and other software for PPC Linux.
Bring out the GIMP, 2002.05.16. No, Linux doesn't have Photoshop, but it does have GIMP.
Why Linux instead of OS X?, 2002.05.09. Too many Power Macs can't run OS X - or can't run it well.