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Warren Steffen

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Apr 16, 2009, 1:21:22 PM4/16/09
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Is anyone currently running MacOnLinux? If so what Linux distro?
OS9 and/or OSX? Any pointers/advice?
I am thinking of trying this on an iMac G3 400mhz, and any info
would be helpful!

Thanks in advance
W. Steffen

神尾　浩

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Jul 12, 2010, 3:15:31 PM7/12/10
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2009-04-17 02:21:22 +0900 上のメッセージ Warren Steffen:

I had install Linux to my MacBook.

The MacBook have Intel CPU.


First partitioning HD, and install Debian Linux 5.0 on my mac.

It is not hard to inatall.


Hiroshi.

Keith Keller

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Jul 12, 2010, 5:02:20 PM7/12/10
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On 2010-07-12, ???????????? <????????????> wrote:
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> 2009-04-17 02:21:22 +0900 ????????????????????? Warren Steffen:

>
>> Is anyone currently running MacOnLinux? If so what Linux distro?
>> OS9 and/or OSX? Any pointers/advice?
>> I am thinking of trying this on an iMac G3 400mhz, and any info
>> would be helpful!
>
> I had install Linux to my MacBook.
> The MacBook have Intel CPU.

Then you're not running MacOnLinux. MOL is specifically for PPC-based
Macintoshes.

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Stephen Harker

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Jul 13, 2010, 3:12:34 AM7/13/10
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Keith Keller <kkeller...@wombat.san-francisco.ca.us> writes:

> On 2010-07-12, ???????????? <????????????> wrote:
>>
>> 2009-04-17 02:21:22 +0900 ????????????????????? Warren Steffen:
>>
>>> Is anyone currently running MacOnLinux? If so what Linux distro?
>>> OS9 and/or OSX? Any pointers/advice?
>>> I am thinking of trying this on an iMac G3 400mhz, and any info
>>> would be helpful!
>>
>> I had install Linux to my MacBook.
>> The MacBook have Intel CPU.
>
> Then you're not running MacOnLinux. MOL is specifically for PPC-based
> Macintoshes.

I have seen info that seems to imply that Ubuntu support it. See the
following link:

<https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MacOnLinuxHowto>

Personally I (under YDL) have not been able to get the driver support
to compile with recent standard kernels (2.6.22 upwards if I recall
correctly).

You probably need to go to <http://mac-on-linux.sourceforge.net/> then
to the mailing lists and follow until you find someone with success.
Actually looking further on that site I find:
<http://mac-on-linux.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Installation_Instructions>
Here it appears debian, gentoo, slackintosh, Ubuntu and OpenSUSE may
be candidates.

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Michael Grossman

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Jul 24, 2010, 2:19:06 PM7/24/10
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I used to run MOL on my G4-upgraded pismo powerbook with 768MB RAM. I
was dual boothing Panther and Gentoo linux. While it was quite novel
to be able to run Panther under linux, Panther running natively was not
exactly a speed demon that noble upgraded machine. (The whole reason
I had installed gentoo was that Panther just felt sluggish! Too much
eye-candy, too little video card.)

void

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Jul 31, 2010, 5:39:59 PM7/31/10
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On Sat, 24 Jul 2010 18:19:06 +0000, Michael Grossman wrote:

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> I used to run MOL on my G4-upgraded pismo powerbook with 768MB RAM. I
> was dual boothing Panther and Gentoo linux. While it was quite novel to
> be able to run Panther under linux, Panther running natively was not
> exactly a speed demon that noble upgraded machine. (The whole reason I
> had installed gentoo was that Panther just felt sluggish! Too much
> eye-candy, too little video card.)

I noticed on my iBook that tiger was much quicker than panther. Kind of
funny since you would expect the newer operating system to be slower on
the same hardware.

Michael Grossman

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Aug 17, 2010, 2:19:35 PM8/17/10
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Yeah, I noticed that too even on my Pismo G4 550. Tiger was definitely faster.

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