On Wed, 17 May 2006, Chris Mauritz wrote:
> It's that time again. I'm stuck with a bunch of older Powermac G4's
> that I either need to repurpose or give the heave ho. I've not
> tried CentOS on Mac hardware before. Would the following config be
> suitable for a (somewhat slow) workstation?
>
> PowerMac G4
> 400mhz
> 256mb RAM
> 40gig ATA disk
> Some sort of dual-head ATI video setup with 64mb VRAM (I've
> forgotten which cards they are)
I once installed CentOS/PPC on an aluminum PowerBook G4. It took some
doing, but once everything was in place there were only two obvious
shortcomings: power management was largely nonexistent and wireless
didn't work. Otherwise, it was fine.
I suspect that, speed aside, your PowerMac will perform just fine. If
you plan to run X, extra RAM would probably be a nice addition.
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Paul Heinlein <> heinlein@xxxxxxxxxx <> www.madboa.com
