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jtspencer

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Registered: 2009-02-10

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changing from Xubuntu

I'm a classroom teacher who is experimenting with some old iMacs which run on the PPC.  I've been using Xubuntu, but even with the updates, there have been some strange quirks.  I have three computers running on Yellow Dog, which work great, but I want to stick with something that will be free.  A friend of mine suggested Archlinux. 

I'm really new to all of this, so I was wondering what I would need to do to switch a computer from Xubuntu to Archlinux.  Any thoughts?

Ashren

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Re: changing from Xubuntu

Well, Arch Linux does not support PPC out of the box as it is optimized for i686. There is a PPC branch which can be found here:  http://www.archlinuxppc.org/

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jtspencer

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Registered: 2009-02-10

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Re: changing from Xubuntu

Thanks.  I looked around at it and it sounds like I'll be needing to learn Linux and customize it as I go.  Maybe this will turn out to be a great learning experience.  All I really need is something that runs quickly, smoothly and  is user-friendly for students.

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Re: changing from Xubuntu

this may help:
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Beginners_Guide