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Aaagh!! Too many versions of Linux!! Which one for me??

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jetpaintedblack:
With so many versions to choose from, which should I use?

What if I have an old Mac? (I've got a 68040/33 and a 604/120)

How about a 486 PC?

voidmain:
I'm sorry but that's about like asking someone what kind of car you should buy. You're going to get many different answers. This question is one of the most asked though and everyone chimes in with their answers.

I would suggest searching around these forums and you will find similar threads. Look at the answers and see if they are helpful. My opinion is that any answer you get is not that helpful. It's something you have to figure out on your own.

rtgwbmsr:
If you want a Mac OS:
604/120: 8.1 or 8.6 if you can find it cheap
'040/33: Mac OS 7 is availible for download from Apple's website. You have to look though, it's buried

If you want a *Nix:
604/120: Gentoo, Darwin, Debian, LinuxPPC (sorta dead), Mandrake, NetBSD, and Yellow Dog Linux all have PPC versions. Check out the system requirements and make sure you download the PPC version.
'040/33: No version of Linux supports non-PPC processors
486: Any version of Linux that says i386. IT HAS TO SAY i386+, not i586 etc...those versions are too high for a 486. Go to LinuxISO.org, and in the lower right hand corner there is a box, select i386 only.

Have phun with Linux!
Go here to download Linux:
www.linuxiso.org

[ October 07, 2002: Message edited by: The_Muffin_Man/B0b ]

Master of Reality:
how hard can it be to choose from 298 different distrobutions.
How fast is the 486? RAM?

Any major distrobution would be fine (Red Hat, Mandrake)

TheQuirk:
Doesn't Void have an old version of Slackware? That would go perfect on an old 486.

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