OSNews: Running 64-bit Linux on a G5

“A couple of weeks ago TerraSoft released preliminary 64-bit
ISO’s of their flagship product, Yellow Dog Linux 3.0.1 (YDL),
especially for owners of Apple’s new G5 machines. I was pining for
a chance to get an open source OS running in 64-bit mode so I
quickly downloaded the three ISO’s.

“This version of YDL is just a beta, so this won’t be a review
of the distribution’s features. YDL just happens to be the first
open source OS I got working on my G5 and I would like to share my
experiences with you. In this article I’ll use YellowDog mainly as
an example.

“Ever since I got my dual 2GHz. G5 in September I’ve been dying
to get under the hood and see what this system is capable of
without Apple’s beautiful but resource hungry GUI. I spent weeks
digging through alternative OS websites finding very little, but
that would seem logical since the G5 has only been out in the wild
for a couple of months now…”

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