Just trying to figure something out. I use Mac OSX for my primary operating system. It operates on a Unix base. At any time I like, I can drop into terminal and work from a unix command line. It even supports the X11 windowing system for unix programs. (Gimp and OpenOffice run wonderfully on this, though the keymappings are a bit odd when compared to normal OSX)

Here's my question, then: would there be any conceivable benefit to me in creating a Linux boot disk or live cd with a distribution of linux compiled for the powerpc cpu? I have only a loose understanding of Linux and Unix, but as I presently understand things Linux is essentially an open-source version of Unix, correct? Would this actually provide me with any advantages, or would it just be an awkward way of doing the same things I can already do from the unix terminal available on my system already?