Article:		Why Install Linux on Your Mac?
Subject:		Why I'd like to install Linux on a mac
Date:		2004-12-09 09:57:42
From:		invalidname
Response to: Why I'd like to install Linux on a mac
Do you know if Debian can run on a G5? The G5 hardware expects its fans to be operated by the operating system, and the only distro I know of that advertises G5 compatibility is Yellow Dog. There's no info about this on debian.org or its mailing lists. Much as I like Debian - it's on my old Performa and an emulated Virtual PC box - I don't want to melt my G5 for it. --Chris (invalidname)

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• Why I'd like to install Linux on a mac
  2004-12-11 05:00:10  ColinL [Reply | View]
  
  
  The fan driver is in the kernel. All distributions including a recent kernel (All current PPC distributions, in fact) do handle it. Fan drivers for G4 desktop and G4 laptops (iBook G4, alBooks) are also included.
  Also, Apple made the right design about cooling in their G5: if nothing drives the fans, they go on full throttle (which makes for a quite noisy workstation ;-)