Re: [SLUG] Linux on an iMac

[Beej Bassman <generick_beej@xxxxxxxxx>]

> No, every application must be built for PPC too, so
> you need a completely
> different set of install media and packages.
OK thanks for that.  Once I have Linux up-n-running on
my system, then, I imagine that application source
code is application source code, and it is the way it
is compiled that defines the system it runs on?  (ie
compiling it on a PPC Linux will produce a different
executable code than on a PC but will have identical
functionality?)

> Debian will give you a *massive* pool of software to
> run, and unstable
> reliably keeps up with current releases. Lots of
> good installation
> documentation on debian.org, and a very active ppc
> mailing list with very
> useful people (kernel hackers, et al) available to
> help.
I've heard Debian is a bit difficult to install, and
as this is my first crack at running Linux on a Mac I
think I'd be better off with a relatively
straightforward installation initially.  Also, the
main reason I want to run Linux (not only for the
networking side of it) is the front-end development
Linux offers-C, JDK, HTML etc.

> Even better: Just run Linux on the iMac, and run OS9
> and OS X under MOL
> (Mac-on-Linux), which is roughly equivalent to
> Win4Lin on x86. As long as
> you don't have finicky Mac OS only hardware, this
> will work really well.
As far as I'm aware it's a standard run-o-the-mill
iMac (except maybe the hard drive is different).  The
only peripheral I have running out of it is a (rather
dated) LaCie USB CD burner.  And if the burner doesn't
work under Linux, I can always fall back and reboot
into OS X.

Countdown to Linx on iMac Project: T-72hrs :)

Jase

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