Paul Heinlein wrote: > 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. That's good to know. It's gotta work better than MacOS 9 that's on there now. 8-) Cheers,