How to install Linux on an eMac (Linux.com)

How to install Linux on an eMac (Linux.com)

Posted Nov 1, 2006 4:10 UTC (Wed) by horen (subscriber, #2514)
Parent article: How to install Linux on an eMac (Linux.com)

I just spent the last school year working as a MacOSX sysadmin, after spending the previous 17 as a Unix and Linux sysadmin. An eMac might only have come with 128MB of RAM (single module), but could be upraged via 3rd-party RAM to 1GB RAM, for little money.

The original eMac came with a 700- or 800MHz PPC cpu; the newer model comes with a 1.25MHz or 1.42MHz PPC cpu.

A 700MHz PPC eMac, with 1GB RAM, is fast and works like a champ with MacOSX/10.4 (Tiger). I'm sure it'll run even better with Linux installed. Tell Jack to cough-up some cash and buy two 512MB memory modules -- he won't regret the investment.

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