linux on a pismo

Hi All been playing around today with my spare pismo (back up mac) and deceided to load ubuntu linux on it and WOW!!! it is fast stable and very user friendly. The system specs before i started were 400cpu 384 ram 10gb hdd airport card fitted cdrw/dvd combo, running 10.4.2 now running linux I

Re: linux on a pismo

On Aug 24, 2005, at 5:09 pm, victoria duggan wrote: Hi All been playing around today with my spare pismo (back up mac) and deceided to load ubuntu linux on it and WOW!!! it is fast stable and very user friendly. The system specs before i started were 400cpu 384 ram 10gb hdd airport card fitted

Re: linux on a pismo

Hi It is version 4.10 powerpc version. vicki Which version of Ubuntu? Alan -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! |

Re: linux on a pismo

On 8/24/05, Alan C. Magnus [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Aug 24, 2005, at 5:09 pm, victoria duggan wrote: Hi All been playing around today with my spare pismo (back up mac) and deceided to load ubuntu linux on it and WOW!!! it is fast stable and very user friendly. The system specs before

Re: linux on a pismo

On Aug 24, 2005, at 5:26 pm, victoria duggan wrote: Hi It is version 4.10 powerpc version. vicki Thanks Vicki Alan -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished

Re: linux on a pismo

hey small price to pay for the rest of it all, What other linux will run on the pismo or even the 366 ibook clam as i have one of those sat doing nothing at the moment. The primary criterion is whether the Mac is OldWorld (Openfirmware version 3) or NewWorld (OpenFirmware version = 3) The

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Re: Question, MS Office or Open Office/Neo Office for G4 iBook OSX?

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Re: Question, MS Office or Open Office/Neo Office for G4 iBook OSX?

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Re: Hard Drive Replacement

On Aug 24, 2005, at 2:30 pm, bobgir2004 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I saw a noticeable improvement in speed on my Pismo as I upgraded drives from the original to the current 7200 rpm travelstar. At least one intermediate between the original and current, maybe more. You should see the same

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