I love it. Nothing like a good Linux distro to revive an aging Masc PowerBook. Hey, if it works and it is enabling a notebook computer, who can argue with that?

Editor’s note: Many Mac users railed against chromatic’s recent article, Switching Back to Desktop Linux. When Philip Hollenback, a Linux fan himself, needed to upgrade his aging PB 667 from Panther to Tiger, he used an approach that kept costs down and value high, while preserving his Linux/OS X frame of mind. Here’s how he did it.

I’ve been using a PowerBook as my primary system for about two years, and I’ve found the experience very enjoyable. As a longtime Linux user, I’m continually impressed with the power and ease of use of Mac OS X. I get the best of both worlds: my familiar Linux command-line tools and a beautiful GUI environment.

However, the previous version of Mac OS 10.3 (Panther) was showing its age on my laptop. It had been clear for several months that it was time to upgrade my system. There were many interesting features in Mac OS 10.4 (Tiger), such as Spotlight and Automator, that I wanted to try out. Plus, the writing was on the wall: clearly Apple would stop providing anything but critical updates for 10.3 at some point in the near future…. Source: MacDevCenter

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