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237 points todsacerdoti | 5 comments | 14 Apr 25 01:11 UTC | HN request time: 0.881s | source
1. beeflet ◴[14 Apr 25 01:22 UTC] No.43677215[source]▶
$50 is decent enough for the case alone. The penguin may not be disgraced yet, I wonder if you can boot linux on it. I know gentoo and a lot of other distros support powerpc
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2. tambourine_man ◴[14 Apr 25 01:29 UTC] No.43677256[source]▶
There was Yellow Dog Linux, back then.
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3. whalesalad ◴[14 Apr 25 01:37 UTC] No.43677305[source]▶
Fun fact yum comes from yellow dog
4. classichasclass ◴[14 Apr 25 01:53 UTC] No.43677391[source]▶
IME NetBSD or OpenBSD are better supported options on New World Macs. I run NetBSD/macppc on a G4 Mac mini and it "just works" (tm).
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5. SpecialistK ◴[14 Apr 25 02:06 UTC] No.43677442[source]▶
OpenBSD seems to be the choice due to pre-compiled 3rd party packages. But I'm sure NetBSD works well too, and may even perform a little better?