Ubuntu (Gnome) > Kubuntu (KDE)
Remember my post from yesterday? That’s right, I tried it again today. But this time, I used Ubuntu, and not Kubuntu. GNOME is a lot more stable and I like it :D Even if it isn’t as purty it’s better :P
Now I wonder if I’ll grab Yellow Dog instead…
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If you're going to use linux on a PPC, use either Fedora Core compiled for PPC, Debian, or Gentoo. Gentoo is probably the most fun :). Yellow Dog is ... not so great.
Yellow Dog costs $60 for the CD installers and source CDs (irony..!), so look around on linux.com.
Yellow dog CDs are available for free, you just have to wait (IIRC) a month.
Seriously, why linux on a Mac?
Here's some reasons:
1. 13,000 free apps just a few clicks (or commands) away.
2. The fact that it is much, much more hacker friendly than OS X. By this I mean you can do whatever the eff you want. If you decide you dislike your windows manager, go write another one. Since essentially Linux itself is just the kernel as maintained by Torvolds and his buddies, the rest of what is considered Linux is just added on programs that you can mess around with. You could theoretically start from the bare metal and write everything up from drivers to a GUI. And, once again, there are literally thousands of programs, free, and easy to obtain. While OS X's fink and Gentoo for OS X work in a limited sense, it pales in comparison to the elegance of apt-get or portage.
4. Linux (especially Gentoo) is very fast. Mac's, while fast, are renound for not being "teh snappy."
5. It's more fun when things can go wrong and you can hose your system easily.
Augie, try reading this:
http://www.cryptonomicon.com/beginning.html
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