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greenstar · 29th Jul 2017, 7:49 pm

I believe that some versions of Linux will run on this machine, may be worth consideration maybe as dual boot. I think loading may be a bit of a faff as seem to remember the CD can't be read initially, but people have done it - see
https://askubuntu.com/questions/8242...ubuntu-be-used
This may help with the speed issue.

29th Jul 2017, 7:49 pm	#5
greenstar Octode Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Leicester, Leics. UK. Posts: 1,685	Re: "Vintage" PowerMac G4/800 (2002) I believe that some versions of Linux will run on this machine, may be worth consideration maybe as dual boot. I think loading may be a bit of a faff as seem to remember the CD can't be read initially, but people have done it - see https://askubuntu.com/questions/8242...ubuntu-be-used This may help with the speed issue.