[Tfug] Re: PowerPC Linux

[Jerry S.]

Hello Tom,

  I haven't tried it yet, but there is a Fedora Core 4 PPC now.  I
  have also heard good things about Ubuntu PPC.  Again, unfortunately
  I haven't had the time to really give them a try, so I don't know
  just how good they will work for you.

  Just a thought.
  jer

Saturday, June 25, 2005, 11:02:03 AM, you wrote:

TR> On Fri, Jun 24, 2005 at 04:51:10PM -0700, Ammon Lauritzen wrote:

>> On that note... I have a G3 that is too old to take OSX so I've tried
>> putting Linux on it a few times with no luck - I want to make it into a
>> living room fileserver/tivo thing as it has s-video in/out. Debian and
>> Mandrake have both failed me inexplicably. Any other thoughts besides
>> trying YDL?

TR> How does it fail, exactly?  Also, while the video in (and _possibly_
TR> out) works in Linux, it's too slow of a box to record with I think.  But
TR> you can watch TV off it, if you put it somewhere else in your house (I
TR> had a similar machine years and years ago, and use xawtv on it).



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