Small PPC Linux Distro

[nihil]

Hi westin,

This may help:

http://lowendmac.com/ed/packer/08jp/...x-ppc-mac.html



EDIT:

The other one I forgot about is Xubuntu, which is Ubuntu for older and less powerful machines.

http://jimwarholic.com/2008/03/ubunt...stallation.php

but it would be nice to have browser functionality.

Not with 128Mb of RAM. Unfortunately distros seem to need rather a lot more that their normal running memory to do a GUI install.

I haven't touched G3's or G4's for quite a few years, so I am not sure how easy this is, but please look into "borrowing" the RAM from one of the machines to do the installs. Once you have it up and running it will work on 128Mb, by all accounts, you just need more RAM for the actual installation. With Xubuntu you would have to use the alternate CD and the command line with 128Mb. I would guess that the regular installs create some sort of temporary virtual RAMDrive?