yes, but the os now is 10.3.9 and I am starting to have a couple of troubles with some things, and the os boxed with my mac mini are intel specific, so they won't install on my poor old booger ppc. So, it has precipitated this move. I can always go back if I don't like it. it's just time right? thanks for all of your help,
On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 5:01 PM, Doran, Harold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Are you aware that a BSD unix OS runs on the mac already? > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Dr Eberhard W Lisse > Sent: Fri 9/12/2008 4:38 PM > To: stephen sefick > Cc: R-help Mailing List; Dr Eberhard W Lisse > Subject: Re: [R] Power PC with a linux distribution and R > > Yes, > > I'd install the OS X Leopard (10.5.4) distribution on it :-)-O > > el > > On 12 Sep 2008, at 22:30 , stephen sefick wrote: > >> This is an operating system question, but it is with the intent of >> using R on that operating system. I have an ibook G4 Power PC that I >> am going to install linux on. Is there a better, worse, or perhaps >> easier (I am a linux newby migrating from mac) distribution that I >> should look at. I appreciate your help. I didn't post this in the >> sig-mac because I don't know if it fits there better than anywhere >> else. >> thanks >> >> -- >> Stephen Sefick > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > > -- Stephen Sefick Research Scientist Southeastern Natural Sciences Academy Let's not spend our time and resources thinking about things that are so little or so large that all they really do for us is puff us up and make us feel like gods. We are mammals, and have not exhausted the annoying little problems of being mammals. -K. Mullis ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
