personally, no experience myself, however i can put you in touch with a friend who has. let me know if you want to get in touch with him.
 
cheers...
david
-----Original Message-----
From: Oliver Jones [mailto:oliver@deeper.co.nz]
Sent: Wednesday, 17 November 2004 12:48 pm
To: Waikato Linux Users Group
Subject: [wlug] Linux on PPC (Macs)

Anyone here used Linux on PowerPC systems?  Ie, Macs.  I'm tossing up whether to buy a PowerBook G4 17" vs a Dell Latitude D800 15.4".  The Powerbook is only ~$900 more and has a bigger screen.  And considering my business partners experience with his D800 I'm worried about stability/reliability.  I've been an x86 user since the dawn of time but after using my Mothers iBook for a while I've come to appreciate the simplicity, reliability and attractiveness of Apple gear.  From what I read on the net Linux PPC (Yellow Dog etc) is quite good.  Not that much different from RedHat and such.  I've been a long time RH/Fedora user so I'm most familiar with RPM based distros.  And from what I can tell Mac-on-Linux is very good at running a virtual MacOS system (for iTunes or whatever).

Anyone here have any experience to share?  At $5000 a pop I'm concerned about making the wisest choice...

Regards
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