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psyjax:
A performa!

dude.. soryy to break it to you, but if you do but YDL on there you wont be running KDE or GNOME anytime soon (less you enjoy swimming in molasses), too slow, plain and simple.

TheGreatPoo:
Thanx for the info Calum!  I will sign up on that board and start poasting there for my PPC Linux needs.  I'll also look into Mandrake PPC (since it's really the only Linux distro I have experience with).   :D

Psyjax:  That sux.  Do you think it will be slow than the current GUI on OS 9.1?  The speed has significantly increased since I installed the Level II cache slot 400MHz G3 upgrade processor but it still lags from time to time (especially when scrolling webpages with Mozilla).  Hopefully one of these PPC Linux distros will work with the secondary G3 processor.  If not, I can see where I'd be running into some performance problems.

Pissed_Macman:
Performas can't even run 8.6. Takes a lifetime to open a folder.

psyjax:
Well, I don't think the Mozilla thing is your CPUs fault, Mozilla uses a slow as balls Java rendering engine as opposed to the native QuickDraw, it's their fault. It's even sluggish on a dual G4.

That 400Mhz thing sounds great, and indeed I would expect YDL or any other Linux to run fine on that with all the bellas and wistles. That is of course if you can get it to use the upgrade card.

The other thing that may be a problem is RAM and HD space. Your HD better be at least 10 Gigs to get good performance, and I would suggest 256 of RAM for KDE. GNOME seems to require less.

Also, because of the slow System bus on a performa, I can't be sure if the CPU card will indeed provide enugh kick. But it's speed is encuraging. Go for the install, let us know how it works.

TheGreatPoo:
My HD is definately not a problem.  It's a 60 gig 7200 Western Digital.  As far as the RAM, that may be a problem.  I have the computer Maxed out as far as RAM.  136MB is as much as I can put in it.  This computer is upgraded as far as I can take it.  Since there is absolutely nothing else I can do with the harware, I figured I'd mess with software.  :D

Yea, the 40MHz bus speed does kinda bottleneck the 400 MHz CPU speed but it actually runs pretty quick under OS 9.1.  I wish there was a way to use the G3 card AND the standard 603e processor.  That would be pretty PHAT.

Thankx for the help guys!  I just wanted to get some opinions.  When I install it (I'm gonna go for YDL before Mandrake or Gentoo but I will probably try all of them for kicks), I'll let ya know!  

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