I am running debian sid with stumpwm (used gnome before) on the 12 inch ibook g4 late 2004 which is a 1.2mhz. it runs fine as a nice portable laptop and they seem reasonably cheap these days.
http://support.apple.com/kb/sp68 it is the ibook version of your powerbook and it is very nice with a reasonable power utilization on battery and reasonable sleeping etc. mitchell --- On Thu, 10/6/11, John Ames <commodorej...@gmail.com> wrote: > From: John Ames <commodorej...@gmail.com> > Subject: Question about compatibility... > To: "debian-powerpc" <debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org> > Date: Thursday, October 6, 2011, 2:21 PM > I'm going to be purchasing an > aluminum Powerbook G4 on which I want to > run Debian. However, I'm trying to decide which model. > Initially I was > looking at the 12" 1.5GHz model (M9690LL/A,) which is > roughly on par > with the laptop I have now, specs-wise, and that fills my > needs pretty > adequately. However, I've also been giving some > consideration to the > 15" 1.67GHz model (M9969LL/A); it's a bit pricier, but it > can take > more RAM and has a Radeon chipset instead of a GeForce > chipset, which > means better driver support. > > All things considered, I think I'm leaning more towards the > 12" model, > though - I really don't like big laptops, and 12" is about > as large as > I really want to go. My question is, how's the > compatibility? It looks > from the nouveau page like support for the GeForce FX > Go5200 is about > on par with support for the GeForce 7800 in my Power Mac > G5, and > that's acceptable for anything that isn't 3D, which I think > I can live > with. I'm just wondering if anybody has a similar setup > running and > can tell me how well it works overall, and if there are any > pitfalls > to be aware of. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: > http://lists.debian.org/cabcbcvpoajz6gefnrfx-wicmiurum+xso6xzk1uwrxpwyqa...@mail.gmail.com > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1317931556.89518.yahoomailclas...@web160718.mail.bf1.yahoo.com
