I just got a old eMac computer and I want to put a open source operating system, which is the best compatible?

I just got a old eMac computer and I want to put a open source operating system, which is the best and most compatible to a PowerPC eMac.

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2 Responses to “I just got a old eMac computer and I want to put a open source operating system, which is the best compatible?”

  • feynman_rocks:

    I would have said "Ubuntu" but I think that they have recently stopped supporting PowerPC. I put Debian on my iBook G4 (PowerPC) a little while ago and it works great. Everything is working (power save features, wireless card, etc.). For a desktop it should be even easier.

    As you may know Ubuntu is based off Debian and so many things will "feel" very similar. You can use "apt-get install <package>" to get new software with a minimum of fuss. My recommendation would be to get the "testing" or "stable" (both are actually pretty stable, testing will just have newer software) version of Debian via bittorrent:

  • Tunguska Delight:

    find out. websearch: live DVD

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