I have got an old version of YDL (yellow dog LINUX) running on an old mac ibook and am having much fun trying to learn a new OS...I am getting the distinct impression that this old version of YDL might not be able to run some of the newer installers for programs such as firefox/mozilla where I get the error "cannot run/execute the binary file" - for both firefox 1.5 and mozilla installer 1.7xx
Opera 8.5x seemed to install (they at least had an install for PowerPC linux, whereas mozilla was for iX86 linux (I was hoping I'd just have to look for "linux" compatible stuff now...)) however Opera doesn't seem to run (not that I get any errors, the spinning hourfglass sits there for a while, then disappears...)
I'm thinking I might need to try a brand spanking new version of PPC linux and take the risk that this old laptop can cope with it?
By the time I transfer my home PC to linux in a few months hopefully this troubleshooting experience will pay off!
any help greatly appreciated!![]()


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)) however Opera doesn't seem to run (not that I get any errors, the spinning hourfglass sits there for a while, then disappears...)
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