Comments on: I just got a old eMac computer and I want to put a open source operating system, which is the best compatible? http://www.codebrothers.org/i-just-got-a-old-emac-computer-and-i-want-to-put-a-open-source-operating-system-which-is-the-best-compatible/ Mon, 02 Jan 2012 00:02:34 +0000 hourly 1 By: feynman_rocks http://www.codebrothers.org/i-just-got-a-old-emac-computer-and-i-want-to-put-a-open-source-operating-system-which-is-the-best-compatible/comment-page-1/#comment-2015 feynman_rocks Sat, 06 Mar 2010 00:01:39 +0000 http://www.codebrothers.org/i-just-got-a-old-emac-computer-and-i-want-to-put-a-open-source-operating-system-which-is-the-best-compatible/#comment-2015 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: 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:

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