I am a gentoo person myself, but on the x86. Debian might be a good option as well, or even ubuntu. Arctic Marc wrote: >Hi Jacob, > >I was considering between Yellow Dog or Gentoo. > >I'm not sure as which distribution would be the best >for a Linux beginner... if you, or the other members, >have any opinions as to which would be best I'd sure >appreciate any input. > >Thanks, >Marc > > > >--- Jacob Gemmell <dante333@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > > >>I think it would make a great topic. I do know a >>couple of our members >>have installed linux on thier ibooks to one degree >>or another. If you >>have a paticular distrobution in mind, I could make >>sure that CD's get >>to the meeting. >> >>Arctic Marc wrote: >> >> >> >>>Thanks Jacob, >>> >>>Actually I'm now a PPC refuge from the Apple move >>> >>> >>to >> >> >>>x86. This Intel decision has brought forward a new >>>motivation for my exploring Linux. >>> >>>Out of curiosity, would installing Linux on >>> >>> >>something >> >> >>>like an Apple iBook make for a good topic? I >>> >>> >>haven't >> >> >>>had any success doing that, and was thinking maybe >>> >>> >>the >> >> >>>group could assist in that endeavor. >>> >>>Thanks again, >>>Marc Horner >>> >>> >>> >>>--- Jacob Gemmell <dante333@xxxxxxx> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>June's Meeting is scheduled for Monday the 20th >>>> >>>> >>from >> >> >>>>6-9 at the Valley >>>>Library. There is no topic as of yet, but >>>>suggestions or presentations >>>>are welcome. I suspect we will be talking about >>>>Apples move to Intel >>>>though. >>>> >>>>------------------------------------ >>>>This is the Juneau-LUG mailing list. >>>>To unsubscribe, send an e-mail to >>>>juneau-lug-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word >>>>unsubscribe in the subject header. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>>__________________________________ >>>Discover Yahoo! >>>Find restaurants, movies, travel and more fun for >>> >>> >>the weekend. Check it out! >> >> >>>http://discover.yahoo.com/weekend.html >>> >>> >>>------------------------------------ >>>This is the Juneau-LUG mailing list. >>>To unsubscribe, send an e-mail to >>> >>> >>juneau-lug-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word >>unsubscribe in the subject header. >> >> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>------------------------------------ >>This is the Juneau-LUG mailing list. >>To unsubscribe, send an e-mail to >>juneau-lug-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word >>unsubscribe in the subject header. >> >> >> > > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around >http://mail.yahoo.com > >------------------------------------ >This is the Juneau-LUG mailing list. >To unsubscribe, send an e-mail to juneau-lug-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the >word unsubscribe in the subject header. > > ------------------------------------ This is the Juneau-LUG mailing list. To unsubscribe, send an e-mail to juneau-lug-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject header.