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Linux.com: Installing SUSE Linux 10.1 on a PowerPC Mac

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Jun 20, 2006

“Since version 7, PowerPC versions of SUSE Linux have been
conspicuously absent from the SUSE desktop lineup. Instead, SUSE
and Novell have focused on x86 (and x86_64) versions of their
desktop Linux distribution. With version 10.0, PowerPC support
returned to SUSE, but Novell has quite a few kinks that need to be
worked out before this distro hums like its x86 counterpart,
starting with some killer problems with installation.

“Before diving in and installing SUSE 10.1 on my PowerBook, I
wanted to take it for a test drive, particularly because SUSE’s
installer cannot shrink existing Mac HFS+ partitions on the
fly…”

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Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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