Not Ready For Prime Time
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Downloaded Yellow Dog Linux for Mac PowerPC over the holiday, taking advantage of the parents’ cable net connection. Thought I’d try to install it on the old 6500/250, which is otherwise sitting around gathering dust. Installation was easy (provided I actually read the instructions on occasion). The only problem is that the 6500 is currently using an even more ancient monitor, a 640×480 beauty that came with my first Mac, an LC III. So when Linux boots for the first time, a little bit of the right edge of the screen is obscured. So I play around with the settings.
Maybe I’ve missed something obvious but I don’t think Linux will really be ready for everyday use until it becomes easy to undo monitor settings mistakes without having to reinstall the entire system.
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