How do I install and set up Linux on a Mac? Linux is an interesting and slightly less well-known operating system – although Macworld’s tech-savvy readers are likely to know at least a little about it ...

I am getting a Powermac with the expressed purpose of trying out linux. I am going to bump it up to a 233Mhz 604 PPC processor and all the older RAM I have, so about 96 megs. What remains is figuring ...

Apple's MacOS X platform has left a lot of Macs with PowerPC G3, G4 and G5 chips out in the cold. However, Linux isn't just for the Intel set; here’s how Ubuntu to can bring new life to your old Mac ...

SuSE Linux 7.3 PowerPC Edition is now in circulation. The Linux operating system has been developed to run on Macs equipped with PowerPC processors. The collection includes 8 CDs that contain both the ...

Also in today’s open source roundup: How to install Linux on a Mac, and is it worth it to install Linux on a MacBook? There is an interesting subset of Linux users that prefer to run it on a Mac. Yes, ...

I've seen a product called Mac-on-Linux, but I'm looking for a Linux-on-Mac. Anyone seen anything like this? I know it is possible to dual-boot Linux and OS X, but I'd like to run the PPC version of ...

Most Linux fans are not old enough to remember that Intel did not always dominate the PC processor market. In the late seventies, Intel won the chip war with Motorola and Zilog by offering certain ...