I am newbie in Macintosh.
Can somebody tell me whether PPC or m68k is better?
Which one is good for Linux?  
Which one is good for textformatting?
What about programming?

PPC is is better. It uses

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: I am newbie in Macintosh.
: Can somebody tell me whether PPC or m68k is better?

PPC is a good CPU.  Especially, PPC 750.

: Which one is good for Linux?  

I only run PPC Linux on Mac G3 and Powerbook 3400C

: Which one is good for textformatting?

Every UNIX platform does.

: What about programming?

Every UNIX platform does as well.

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