[ale] Old Apple G3 and Linux

Jeb Barger jeb at rev-x.com
Wed Nov 30 22:10:40 EST 2005


I have three G3 (two desktops, "new world imac") just sitting around.  I 
just want to play and tinker with them.  I kinda also need a newer 
firewall (the old one's a p133).



Jonathan Rickman wrote:
> The trouble I went through to get it up and running was not worth the 
> benefit of having Linux on the box. I should say, for me. I guess it all 
> depends on what you expect to do with the machine.
> 
> --
> Jonathan
> 
> On 11/30/05, *Raylynn Knight* <audilover at speedfactory.net 
> <mailto:audilover at speedfactory.net>> wrote:
> 
>     Why would it not be worth it?  If your reason is because Yellog Dog 3 is
>     obsolete I would agree.  If your reason is based on the hardware why?  I
>     run Ubuntu 5.10 on a Beige G3 and don't see why it's not worth it.
> 
>     On Wed, 2005-11-30 at 14:54 -0500, Jonathan Rickman wrote:
>      > I don't have it handy, but the Yellowdog 3 installation instructions
>      > outline how to get it done. Trust me when I tell you that it is not
>      > worth it though.
>      >
>      > --
>      > Jonathan
>      >
>      > On 11/29/05, Robert Story <rstory-l at revelstone.com
>     <mailto:rstory-l at revelstone.com>> wrote:
>      >         On Tue, 22 Nov 2005 17:42:05 -0600 Jeb wrote:
>      >         JB> Got any good instructions or websites how to do it?
>      >
>      >         Try google to find the yellowdog-user(s?) list archive, and
>      >         search there. I
>      >         know I've seen howtos for the beige g3 go by before..
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