I want to extend the life of useful, easy to repair older Macs but need a modern OS for useful software. What I need to know is how practical installing Linux would be and which distros work best.
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Chris: The latest version does not like my ROM but I am able to run 6.1 from the cd. After checking it out for a week or so if all goes well I will do a full install. Thanks to all for your input. Ralph
I want to extend the life of useful, easy to repair older Macs but need a modern OS for useful software. What I need to know is how practical installing Linux would be and which distros work best. Thanks, Ralph
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I want to extend the life of useful, easy to repair older Macs but need a modern OS for useful software. What I need to know is how practical installing Linux would be and which distros work best.
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Chris the latest version does not like my ROM but I am able to run 6.1 from the cd. After checking it out for a week or so if all goes well I will do a full install. Thanks to all for your input. Ralph
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=== Update ===
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Chris: The latest version does not like my ROM but I am able to run 6.1 from the cd. After checking it out for a week or so if all goes well I will do a full install. Thanks to all for your input. Ralph
I want to extend the life of useful, easy to repair older Macs but need a modern OS for useful software. What I need to know is how practical installing Linux would be and which distros work best. Thanks, Ralph
Chris the latest version does not like my ROM but I am able to run 6.1 from the cd. After checking it out for a week or so if all goes well I will do a full install. Thanks to all for your input. Ralph
I want to extend the life of useful, easy to repair older Macs but need a modern OS for useful software. What I need to know is how practical installing Linux would be and which distros work best. Thanks, Ralph
Chris the latest version does not like my ROM but I am able to run 6.1 from the cd. After checking it out for a week or so if all goes well I will do a full install. Thanks to all for your input. Ralph
I want to extend the life of useful, easy to repair older Macs but need a modern OS for useful software. What I need to know is how practical installing Linux would be and which distros work best. Thanks, Ralph
Chris the latest version does not like my ROM but I am able to run 6.1 from the cd. After checking it out for a week or so if all goes well I will do a full install. Thanks to all for your input. Ralph
I want to extend the life of useful, easy to repair older Macs but need a modern OS for useful software. What I need to know is how practical installing Linux would be and which distros work best. Thanks, Ralph
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Chris the latest version does not like my ROM but I am able to run 6.1 from the cd. After checking it out for a week or so if all goes well I will do a full install. Thanks to all for your input. Ralph
I want to extend the life of useful, easy to repair older Macs but need a modern OS for useful software. What I need to know is how practical installing Linux would be and which distros work best. Thanks, Ralph