Linux.com: How to Install Linux on an eMac Nov 2, 2006, 08 :30 UTC (2 Talkback[s]) (3935 reads) (Other stories by Joe Barr)
"Why replace Mac OS X with Linux on an Apple eMac? I did it to revive an aging hardware platform and provide a computer to a friend. Here's how I replaced 'Puma' (OS X 10.1) first with Debian, then Ubuntu.
"My friend Jack asked me a couple of weeks ago to help him find a good deal on his first computer. He just wanted something he could use to browse the Internet and keep in touch by email over a dial-up connection. I thought of the eMac in my living room, which has done nothing but gather dust the past few years..."