Best Linux distro for Mac Hardware

**pbharris** · 07-12-2002, 02:12 PM

so this fellow i work with wants to install Linux on his Mac, I would think Yellow Dog is the way to go - any opinions?

**Ashcrow** · 07-12-2002, 10:26 PM

I honestly think that the best distro for Mac is LFS, but you need a distro allready installed so :P .... I suggest Yellow Dog for RPM based and Debian for deb based.

Wow, now that I look at the choices again it looks like the PPC linux market is almost totally unsaturated. LinuxPPC hasn't released anything for 2 years, the only two RPM based distros are Yellowdog and Mandrake, and the only other possibilities are Debian (which ya either like or don't) or a source build distro (Gentoo, Sorceror, LFS).

**Schotty** · 07-14-2002, 12:37 AM

Doesnt RedHat and SuSE do powerpc installations? Between those and Mandrake, the guy couldn't have an easier time getting into Linux.

**Kernel_Killer** · 07-14-2002, 09:55 PM

Yellow Dog 2.2 all the way!!!! This distro is made just for Macs, and only Macs. Any hardware you have is supported, (except for a few L2 cache accerators) and is just plain cool! Nuff said.

**Kernel_Killer** · 07-15-2002, 12:31 AM

BTW. Yellow Dog 2.3 just came out, and is stock full of hardware compatibility. I think they make versions quicker then RH, and IMHO that is a good thing. ;D 2.2 just came out in May (or April), and here it is July with 2.3.