Hi Fritz, (inline) On 01/18/2015 06:47 PM, Fritz Hudnut wrote: > Folks: > > This might be a no-brainer if I was booted up in linux, but I'm not . > . . perhaps a month or so back I was trying to follow someone's > instructions about doing a "persistent live USB install" . . . but > doing it on an external HD thru my iBook . . . and there was some > issue with the installer and it lunched my Lu 14.04 install on my > iBook. So I took that opportunity to install the new Ubuntu MATE for > ppc OS because I enjoy the floating feet screensaver . . . and it's a > very nice system, but perhaps it's too much system for my 933 MHz > processor with 560? MB RAM . . . as the fan blows constantly while > typing emails in Gmail, and/or forums with I think MATE is a bit too heavy for that. It seems like MATE is a bit heavier than XFCE. My personal choice for iBooks is JWM. 560MB is plenty for Lubuntu, though! > smilies. I like a quiet computer and so far OSX 10.4 runs the > quietest of any, and Lu 14.04 was in the middle, if it had to "think" > about something the fan would start, but with MATE if the computer > even looks at thinking about something . . . fan is blowing, even when > the computer goes into "suspend" and the screensaver starts up . . . > . Seems like both Ubuntu & MATE are "too rich" for the iBooks blood. > or at least the price in noise is too much for me? > Unfortunately PowerPC(32bit mind you) has become a kind of dead architecture. Which is sad for those of us who have them. > So, I'm thinking about whether I could either "rm" or use synaptic to > remove, what would it be, "unity" and "MATE" and then add LXDE or > XFCE4 . . . or add them first and then remove the U-MATE and see if I > can get back to a basic system w/o doing another re-install and > xorg.conf file and adding radeon.agp to yaboot etc. Do-able? Or too > many dependencies? Or, doing that would have to be done in TTY > console if I'm logged into the U-MATE? > Reinstall is the best option. removing things will send you into a dependency nightmare often times. It is do-able, but I have never had a "easy" time doing it. I have been successful at it, but the first few times I tried it I was unsuccessful. So... if you want to learn more about stuff break your system and fix it :)
Otherwise do the easy-peasy reinstall If you want to install something lightweight send me an e-mail off list, and we can chat about it :) > So, add LXDE, log into it, and then try to remove the U-MATE stuff? > And that would get me back to the "core" system, more or less, with > the basic lighter DE?? Easy-peasy or messed up? > > F > > -- Regards
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