Matthew Nish-Lapidus wrote:
i would like to try linux on my powerbook.. i like the looks of those specialized music distros like demudi. my experience is mostly with debian... is there anything like demudi for ppc? does anybody have any tips for me while i take the initial plunge?
Nothing like Demudi for PPC yet. Honestly, a Gentoo-based live CD with audiosofts for PPC is in the works, somewhere on the backburner of my brain. Just haven't had time to get into it ;-)
If you like challenges, I would say that Gentoo for PPC might be a way to go. There are some tricks to getting all the software emerged [and I'd be happy to give explicit pointers if that's the way you decide to go], but in general almost all the audio applications you would want are in the Gentoo Portage system.
Others might suggest Debian, which of course is fine as well. Just a bit different [and frustrating in its own ways as well ;-) ] I don't know how much audio software has been packaged for PPC in Debian, but I know one plan was to merge as much of Demudi as possible into Debian unstable eventually. Of course, those packages are for x86 architecture...
Besides all that, you could look at Mandrake or Yellow Dog, but both are kind of icky and corperate-feeling, and espc Yellow Dog has gotten as much complaints as praise AFAIK.
good luck, d.