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134984 2003-04-11 01:02:00 I've got this old Macintosh Performa 5400 computer, with a PowerPC CPU somewhere in between 100 MHz and 200 MHz with 16 MB ram and a 1.6 GB HD. (and an 8X CD-ROM drive.)

What sort of linux distro would be good for that?

The latest version of yellow dog linux?

any others that would be suitable?
forrest44 (754)
134985 2003-04-11 04:56:00 I suspect the memory will be a problem for Gnome or KDE GUIs. Try a google search for "Performa 5400 linux". :D I haven't followed the 68k and PPC ports, so I don't know how much memeory they like. But I bet there's a lot of pople out there who do know. Graham L (2)
134986 2003-04-13 01:29:00 MkLinux looks like it would run on it... but it doesn't seem to have been released yet.

I was just wondering, what are the minimum requirerments for earlier versions of mandrake (or redhat...)?
I noticed that they have mandrake 9.1 PPC version, would earlier versions be available in PPC format?
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