Should I try to install Leopard on an iMac G5 (not intel)

Hi,
I've looked in to this a bit and it seems I should be able to.
I'm just concerned that while it might not fail, it might not behave brilliantly either!
I've got my Leopard 10.5.8 install disc to hand, my current machine spec should be quoted in the footer to this post.
Any advice?

Yep - I did on my G4 Powerbook last week and it's fab. Runs faster than Tiger if anything. I took advice from the Low End Mac website and upgraded to the max 2GB RAM first or perhaps it wouldn't have been such a good idea.
I see you've maxed the RAM on yours already - go for it!
I'm waiting for the RAM for my iMac then I will be right behind you

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