Hi,
I was considering putting Ubuntu on my ibook G4, and I was wondering:
Would the setup for ubuntu be significantly easier than debian? I
mean, would installing the system and getting things like wireless and
sound to work be harder in Debian than Ubuntu?
Thanks,
Jordan
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Jordan Force wrote:
I was considering putting Ubuntu on my ibook G4, and I was wondering:
Would the setup for ubuntu be significantly easier than debian?
Ubuntu used to have a PowerPC version, but I don't think they do now.
I
mean, would installing the system and getting things like
Hi Jordan!
I tried installing Debian Lenny onto my iBook G4 recently, just to
see how it works. It was pretty easy to do. You'll have to connect to
the internet with the Ethernet cable at first and then download the
driver for Wifi (you'll find the info on the Ubuntu FAQ mentioned
On Tue, 16 Mar 2010 23:42:43 +1100
Erik de Castro Lopo mle+deb...@mega-nerd.com wrote:
Jordan Force wrote:
I was considering putting Ubuntu on my ibook G4, and I was
wondering: Would the setup for ubuntu be significantly easier than
debian?
Ubuntu used to have a PowerPC version, but I
Ubuntu still has a PPC build maintained by the community. But I don't
think they have an XFCE/LXDE specific installer like Debian does. as
for Gnash, I had no problems with the Debian package the Iceweasel
plugin package but I've only used it on a G5. I've also not tried the
Ubuntu PPC
Hej Jordan,
My experience is from a G5, but everyone with an Apple based computer is
pretty much in the same lurch these days. Most things work fine in
Debian Lenny PPC. The Debian team seems to do their best for us orphans,
whereas Ubuntu sometimes has the feel of being a part-time project
Hi everyone,
Le mardi 16 mars 2010 à 17:32 +0100, Brian Durant a écrit :
it became a community effort. Gnash and swfdec are both terrible and the
only way that you can view You Tube in a browser. Ubuntu hasn't even
bothered to include these in the default Karmic PPC install. An
alternative
On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 8:47 PM, Benjamin Cama ben...@free.fr wrote:
BTW, the PPC platform is still kind of updated kernel-wise, as the macio
libata driver landed in 2.6.33 thanks to benh. It allows to use the
new ATA stack in the kernel, as the old one will disappear some day. I
tested a
nello wrote:
ok, but what's about the bootloader? Is yaboot able to work with these
new devices ?
it shouldn't matter since it just attaches to an SATA controller. re the PPC
kernel development, I did notice a lot of PPC 64-bit and SMP features marked
as new or experimental when I compiled a
Le mercredi 17 mars 2010 à 01:10 +0100, nello martuscielli a écrit :
On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 8:47 PM, Benjamin Cama ben...@free.fr wrote:
BTW, the PPC platform is still kind of updated kernel-wise, as the macio
libata driver landed in 2.6.33 thanks to benh. It allows to use the
new ATA
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