Peter:

Ray came back from LA all excited about using linux
on his son's Mac, and wants to put it on his Mac
here at home. Recall he has ATT cable modem at home.
I asked Herb Poppe and sent mail to linuxnerds@atd.
I'll attach the responses. Basically, we can choose
to either install an X server that runs on MacOS (there
are free ones), or get him an auxillary disk and put 
yellowdog linux on it. Obviously, the former would be
easiest, and I *think* it would serve his needs, i.e.,
xterm, idt, etc.

I don't think this is a $$ problem at all, more a matter
of finding someone, maybe a consultant from outside ncar,
who could help him set this up...

Ray already has linux on his ibm laptop, but I don't
think he likes to use it at home -- small keyboard and
monitor, and his ATT cable does not hook up to the labtop.

--Ben