This guide for an installed Linux Mint PPC/Lubuntu PPC on
G3/G4/G5 PowerMacs.

If you want to install Linux on PowerPC MAC, first follow this post.

http://bitbin.it/HGvpskkn

Here there is a list of recommended software
for those old machines. Open the software center, search for the app
and install it.

Web Browser:
            G3, G4: Iceape, with no doubt is the faster there. 
            G5: Chromium with 2-3 tabs, Iceape.

Mail client:
            G3, G4: Sylpheed
            G5: Icedove w/Thunderbird extensions

IM Client : Pidgin


BitTorrent client : G3: Transmission
            G4, G5 QBitTorrent

VoIP client (Skype-like) : Jitsi 

Audio player: Audacious
              
Video player 
            G3: You must install Mplayer without Altivec. Look below.
            http://www.mintppc.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=832
            G4, G5: Gnome Mplayer, VLC.

Video editor: Openshot

Audio editor: Audacity, snd-gtk

Subtitle downloader : Subdownloader
Office suite 
            G3: Gnumeric, Abiword
            G4, G5: LibreOffice

Graphics Editor:
            G3: MtPaint
            G4, G5: Gimp, Pinta

Vector editor: Inkscape

PDF viewer  G3: Epdfview, Mupdf
            G4, G5:  Evince-gtk

Youtube viewer : Minitube

Scanner tool: Gscan2pdf

CD/DVD Burn tool : XFBurn

Twitter/Identi.ca client : Hotot-gtk, Turpial

Games: At the botton of this link there is a tiny list. Look at the  software center for Mint PPC or Lubuntu PPC  . http://bitbin.it/HGvpskkn


Console/PC emulators: 
              G3:
                   Fuse-gtk (ZX Spectrum)
                   Gngb (Game Boy)
                   Vice (Commoddore 64)
                   OpenMSX-catapult (MSX)
                   Scummvm (LucasArts adv, Myst)...
                   Stella (Atari 2600)
                   Mednafen emulating SEGA/Nintendo/NeoGeo 8 bit systems.
                   gfceu (Nes)
              G4, G5:
                   Like G3 with:
                   PCSXR (Play Station)
                   Snes9X (SNES)
                   UAE (Amiga)
                   Hatari (Atari ST)
                   MAME (Arcade machines, neo-geo...)
                   VBA-m (Game Boy Advance) Legal roms:
                    http://bitbin.it/oJvvkjrh
                   DosBOX (486 PC w/ MS-DOS)
              G4, G5 with 3d acelleration:
                   Mupen64 (Nintendo 64)


Enjoy.