OK. First of all, I am going to spend �100 because I am not looking for an amazing laptop, and unfortunately on eBay UK, 3400s go for �150+ and there are rarely 2400s, so that causes problems. Secondly, I think I heard about a program called Wish I were which can modify the gestalt ID to fool installers, could anyone put any truth to this? I know it can be used on 68k machines in conjunction with a PPC upgrade to install OS 8.5 / 9. David.
-----Original Message----- From: MaX List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 28 December 2003 06:47 To: MaX List Subject: Re: PowerBook 1400 / 5300 and Linux ??? David, A good archive of how-to's can be found at http://www.linux-on-laptops.com/apple.html. Unfortunately they don't list the 5300/1400 because they are nubus based, and there isn't much support in the linux community for that. A fairly recent usenet posting talks about 5300 support (http://groups.google.com/groups? q=Linux+Powerbook+5300&start=10&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF -8&safe=off&scoring=d&selm=3E8A3C5F.8030109%40mindspring.dot.com&rnum=12 ) . If you want to go low end PPC, you would be best going with a minimum of a 2400/3400, linux wise. You'll be able to do the graphics specs the model is rated for. PPC distro's are currently SuSE, Yellowdog, Debian, Mandrake, and a handful of others. Yellowdog, and SuSE are fairly easy to use/install, and most distro's give you the option of which Window Manager (Gnome, KDE, etc...) you want to use. On Dec 27, 2003, at 9:41 PM, David George Hogg wrote: > Hi All, > I am 14, a student at secondary school and have been using a > 700mHz iBook in school for typing essays and using in computing > classes, > but after it was nearly severely damaged, I "shat a brick and built a > mansion" so to speak and I have decided to leave the iBook at home and > buy a PowerBook 5300/1400 for school. -- MaX-list is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... / Buy books, CDs, videos, and more from Amazon.com \ / <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/lowendmac> \ Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> MaX-list info: <http://lowendmac.com/linux/max.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/max-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com -- MaX-list is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... / Buy books, CDs, videos, and more from Amazon.com \ / <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/lowendmac> \ Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> MaX-list info: <http://lowendmac.com/linux/max.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/max-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
