hello all

[callis1]

hi from a small village in suffolk england
i am now at last windows free got rid of vista for mint maya 13 kde fantastic no more security updates, service packs etc.
I also run unbuntu 12.4 on another pc, fedora 17 on the other, (my hobby is messing about with computers ,repairing them,rescueing old ones.)
I have two power mac g5s one with leapard, but would like to run a linux os on the other any ideas?

[SiKing]

i am now at last windows free got rid of vista for mint maya 13 kde fantastic no more security updates, service packs etc.

Slow down there ... all software has updates, and all operating systems must have security updates!

Welcome to the Mint community.

[callis1]

I realise this but with linux you dont fill up half the hard drive with security updates, did updates for windows after a reinstall of vista on a 40 gig hd ended up with only 9 gig left.
on linux 29gig left.

[The-Wizard]

hi from a small village in suffolk england

covers most of the county even BSE and Sudbury are not that big

Welcome to the mint family forums

wizard

[xenopeek]

Hi callis1, welcome to the Linux Mint forums Thanks for joining the forums! As for your question about ideas for distros to run on your PowerPC, DistroWatch to the rescue! Here is their list, with summary, of the distros supporting PowerPC: http://distrowatch.com/search.php?architecture=powerpc. I'd probably go with Debian (http://www.debian.org/ports/powerpc/), but Yellow Dog Linux (http://www.yellowdoglinux.com/) also looks nice.

Be sure also to check out the Community website (tutorials, hardware and software reviews, ideas). You can also chat in real-time with other Linux Mint users. In the Mint Menu, in the Internet section, start the application Quassel IRC. After a short set up, you will get connected to #linuxmint-chat for general chat and #linuxmint-help for support with other Linux Mint users.

Have fun with Linux Mint.