Recently I was given a G3 Imac (500Mhz with slot loading cd). Several linux distros are available for PowerPC machines, so I thought I’d have a try at loading one. (more…)
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Install Debian Linux on a G3 Imac
Wednesday, November 26th, 2008EeePC, Portable Hdd & 3G Phone - On The Road!
Sunday, September 14th, 2008Last week, I got a chance to use the system live, I was away for a week with only the EeePC system and a three.co.uk 3G phone from Sony for a modem. All did not go well! (more…)
A VPS in the Home/Office
Thursday, September 4th, 2008If a VMWare Server/Workstation or VMWare Player make life easy when mixing Linux and Windows on a single system, then a VPS will wipe the floor with them if you need to run several Linux environments and are not worried about high end graphics. (more…)
(Portable) Virtual Machines
Thursday, September 4th, 2008I have used VMWare Workstation and more recently VMWare Player to both allow me to run Linux and Windows on the same computer and run several instances of Linux - to keep projects seperate from each other and to allow new versions of software to be tried without damaging the main working environment. (more…)