On Wed, 17 May 2006, Chris Mauritz wrote:
It's that time again. I'm stuck with a bunch of older Powermac G4's that I either need to repurpose or give the heave ho. I've not tried CentOS on Mac hardware before. Would the following config be suitable for a (somewhat slow) workstation?
PowerMac G4 400mhz 256mb RAM 40gig ATA disk Some sort of dual-head ATI video setup with 64mb VRAM (I've forgotten which cards they are)
I once installed CentOS/PPC on an aluminum PowerBook G4. It took some doing, but once everything was in place there were only two obvious shortcomings: power management was largely nonexistent and wireless didn't work. Otherwise, it was fine.
I suspect that, speed aside, your PowerMac will perform just fine. If you plan to run X, extra RAM would probably be a nice addition.