ubuntu on a low end Mac

Andrew Hunter andy.hunter at rogers.com
Mon Sep 11 00:57:24 UTC 2006


Fluxbox is a possible alternative for a gui. I have never used it myself but i 
believe that there is a ubuntu distro project focusing on this. 

On Sunday 10 September 2006 20:53, Michael Lacey wrote:
> If you want to install Ubuntu to that machine, your only viable choice is
> to download and install the ALTERNATE CD, which will give you a text based
> installer.
>
> Personally I would not recommend it, even XFCE will bog down. I recommend
> looking for a smaller distro, such as Puppy Linux or Damn Small Linux. Then
> again, I'm not too sure about linux and macs. The system use by GNOME/KDE
> desktop environments/window managers will definktely crush your computer
> though.
>
> On 9/10/06, Alan Pater <alan.pater at gmail.com> wrote:
> > With "only" 64MB of ram, you  may be better off with the newest
> > Xubuntu, as Ubuntu needs a lot more then that to run comfortably.
> >
> > On 9/5/06, Kevin <folkhouse at telus.net> wrote:
> > > I have a power mac 5500 64 mb of 2G hd and I'm trying to install breezy
> > > badger any hints?
> >
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