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Is there any Mac User here? Submitted by silentcon on August 23, 2008 - 1:36am
It seems everybody here uses Windows and Linux. ( categories: )
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Doubt It
I doubt it, unless there's users that have a Mac alongside another OS. Considering they're applications for a Windows PC and some work under WINE on Linux. Mac apps are not here, and I haven't heard of anyone using them in that Mac Windows emulation. Darwine, maybe?
Windows for Mac
My Mac OS 10.5 (soon to be .6) has at least 10 Windows applications, including Exel, Power Point,Project Gallery, Messenger, Clip Gallery. I have not even installed Boot Camp, which activates for Windows software but needs a reboot every time its needed.
I'd like to be able to operate from a flash drive when travelling - Any suggestions ?
I use a Mac... with linux
I use a Mac... with linux installed. It is because i am unable to afford the new MacOS and my hardware doesnt support the latest edition OS as well. it runs linux like a spiffy PC.
What Mac? What distro?
I have an old iBook G3 and I've basically given up with trying to find a Linux for it. Everything is either broken or slow as hell... Ubuntu is no longer supported, OpenSUSE runs in total slow motion, older versions of Ubuntu run only a little better... what else is there for a PowerPC (500 MHz) desktop distro?
I am running SUSE 11 on a
I am running SUSE 11 on a 500MHz Mac. as long as you have more than 256MB of ram it works well. if you have a gig it works almost as swift as a 1.6Ghz Centreno with 256MB ram.
I would be interested in getting linux on a old iBook G3. Have you tried mlinux or Yellow Dog?
neither
It has exactly 256 MB RAM, but I didn't think that was as big a limitation as the 500 MHz processor. Reliability-wise OpenSUSE is great, it's just too slow to be useful. I was thinking something more lightweight like Debian (start from scratch and just add what I need) but I'm not sure I have the technical knowledge to set it up with X and a Desktop Environment. I'll look into mlinux, never heard of it.
EDIT: mlinux seems to be for smartphones/PDAs/etc. Neat but not exactly what I'm looking for (unless I can get it on my Blackjack II).
opps. i am
opps. i am sorry.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MkLinux <-- the only distribution to support NUBUS on the Macintosh
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slackintosh <-- another possiblility.
I would recommend MKlinux on older hardware as it will be the most lightweight one avalible.
NuBus? It's not THAT old
Looking into those, so far Slackintosh looks more promising as a desktop distribution... unfortunately it will be almost exclusively used by people who have no idea what Linux is so I need something that's pretty usable once installed and configured.
NUbuss hasnt been on a
NUbuss hasnt been on a Macintosh since 1996. yes i would say it is old. Also there is no linux distribution that supports GEOport.
Go with YellowDog then.
not what I meant
I meant the iBook isn't old enough to require NUBUS, it's a 500 MHz G3 dual-USB with CD-RW/DVD drive, 256 MB RAM, 10 GB HDD. I would run Tiger if I could get it, but It's really not worth putting any money into at this point. I'm just trying to make it as useful as I can for free, and have had some success with Linux so I think there must be something out there that would run well on it. I actually have 2 identical ones, on of which is still on Ubuntu 7.04 and is a bit faster but is losing software support.
It's basically going to be an internet/IM box for my sister, DVD playback would be a plus but not a big deal (runs on the old Ubuntu but is really choppy, not watchable). I'll try YellowDog.
Ubuntu Hardy PPC
You can still get Ubuntu Hardy (8.04) for PPC. It's just that you can't get technical support from Canonical for it. You can download them here.
"Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning." - Rick Cook
Ubuntu didn't work too well
Ubuntu didn't work too well for me in the PowerPC architecture. A lot of the software packages i tried getting and installing where broken.
Ubuntu PPC is pretty broken
Ubuntu was completely broken past 7.04 for me. Had to manually add the ide-core module in busybox just to boot (even from CD), manually load the sound module, it was slow, constantly crashed, and constantly got esoteric errors.
I understand it's now community supported, but what's with not loading the sound module? One line added to a config file fixes it, so why wasn't it there in the first place? Same for having to "modprobe ide-core" at boot but I admit I don't really understand what's going on there.
i had sound issues with SUSE
i had sound issues with SUSE 10.2 but it was resolved by 11.
ME!!!
I USE A MAC
BEST OPERATING SYSTEM EVA! So 
to everyone who likes Windows. When you get a virus don't come crying to me 
iLike Macs, iPwn, However you put it... Apple is better ^_^
"Claiming that your operating system is the best in the world because more people use it is like saying McDonalds makes the best food in the world..."
I use Mac-on-Stick.
Well it's sort of a Mac.
Siggys waste Bandwidth... that's why I have one.
Can't Use Mac
Linux is my preferred environment. I'll put up with WinBlows. But, Mac dear god no. It is just to hard to use or configure. I'd rather use old DOS. At least that made sense.