On Monday 31 May 2004 2127, somebody named Jim Ricken inscribed this message: > Hello everyone! > I am brand new to your list > I was thinking about installing Debian on My Mac 8600 that has been > upgraded with a sonnet G4 400 mhz proc card. > As of the moment I am using Yellowdoglinux 3.0 which is ok. > But I wanted to try debian and see how it would run on my Mac. > > Would it be better than what I am using right now or should I stick to > what I have got?
Depends. Given that YDL discontinues support, maybe better. See below. > I know that here in about the middle of June, Yellowdog is going to come > out with their latest version of their software YDL 4.0 and they are > going to leave the oldworld computer people high and dry. In which case, you should be fine with Debian. I'm currently running a home server/router here on a pmac 7600 with a Sonnet G3 450, and I don't think oldworld support its going anywhere anytime soon. Now I'm curious, though - how is YDL discontinuing support? Cause driver-level stuff is in the official kernel source tree... Just wondering, if you know. :^) Also, there was a thread a couple weeks ago (http://lists.debian.org/debian-powerpc/2004/05/msg00181.html) on why some of us like debian, I won't reiterate it all for you here. Hope this helps. NRH -- Carson's Observation on Footwear: if the shoe fits, buy the other one too.
