topic title: Is there antiX distro for a 400Mhz PPC?
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duncan_mk
Joined: 19 Sep 2012
#1
My Son (Doughal) wants to try Linux on an Apple Powerbook G3. He is particularly interested in Flash. I have told him antiX is the best - any ideas?

He wants a Linux1 distro to work on the above machine that runs Adobe Flash Player.

dmk

PS: He says that if there was a version that could run Adobe Flash Player every legacy Mac owner would install it in a heartbeat>

PPS: If mk_doogs joins us - it's him.
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dolphin_oracle
Joined: 16 Dec 2007
#2
There are powerpc builds of debian.


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but 400 mhz is pretty slow, even for a PPC. Your son may not be happy with the flash performance, if it works at all.


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rokytnji
Joined: 20 Feb 2009
#3
also


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duncan_mk
Joined: 19 Sep 2012
#4
Looks good - thanks to you both. I've passed it on

dmk

PS - Slow!! - You're telling me! I ran"find" on it & it took forever. But I was amazed at how much Linux there was under to hood - man pages, the lot. Doogs is a Mac boy however, I don't think he strays into the terminal much.