[wplug] Linux on a G4 iBook

[Michael P. O'Connor]

I probably should clarify what I mean by will not boot, it gets to the
login screen I log in, then the system just stops after clearing the
screen.

On Sun, 2006-06-04 at 16:18, Michael P. O'Connor wrote:
> Ok I been having more problems with OS X then I care admit.  And I am
> thinking of blasting my iBook's hard drive and putting Linux on it.  The
> iBook is a good candidate to just blast the whole drive, I have not
> files on it that are not backed up else where, and the iBook freezes on
> boot up.  So if I can get it to get Linux on it, I will save the iBook.
> So I am looking for advice, on 1) which distro would be good 2)
> differences between Linux on a x86 (pc) and a PPC (G4) 3) will the
> devices be the same as I am use to in the x86 world 4) any other
> pointers you might want to put out there that might help.
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Michael P. O'Connor
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