Debian or Xubuntu on powermac

So I managed to get Linux to install on the G3 Powermac which in itself was a feat to accomplish. But it's not running right. I tried Debian and Ubuntu. I'm wondering if I need to try a lite version like Xubuntu. Any thoughts?

Xubuntu would be better for resources.

Xubuntu is barely better than Ubuntu I believe. I say go for debian and maybe use simpler software ?

Not true at all. I had a light system with Kubuntu and then put Xubuntu and it was much faster.

Kubuntu != Ubuntu

Debian is just not working at all, the system is there but Nautilus is unhappy. I think I'll have to go with the less resource intensive Xubuntu. Damn!

Debian is literally the system you choose it to be. You can practically build Xubuntu from it, and if you want to flat out switch to it, just open up synaptic and change your package mirrors to it.

Meantime, if you haven't found this page, I thought I'd mention it:
DebianPPC: http://www.debian.org/ports/powerpc/
LinuxPPC: http://penguinppc.org/

With that mentioned, you can apt-get remove all the higher end packages and pick the ones you think are best. Debian has ppc kernel you might want to make sure you specify (again, you'll find it in synaptic--I don't have the package name itself for you to apt-get).

I should have also mentioned that the same machine with Ubuntu on it was slower than Xubuntu.

Unhappy ? Be specific, or at least technical :-P