Tuesday, September 19, 2006
Is Ubuntu Linux a Sensible Alternative for Mac Users?
A friend of mine phoned to ask if I thought he should installRead More from Low End Mac
Ubuntu Linux on his Macs - a 1.33 GHz G4 iBook currently
running OS X 10.4 "Tiger" and a 1.25 GHz Power Mac G4 tower with OS X 10.3 "Panther" installed.My friend had read a feature in the local newspaper extolling
the virtues of Ubuntu Linux and thought it sounded interesting.Ubuntu is a other project dedicated to making Linux
user-friendly enough to be used as a mainstream desktop OS, and
it's arguably the most successful iteration toward that objective
to date. Ubuntu supports Intel/AMD PC hardware as well as Power PC
Macs.