Russell Williams wrote: > > Is the iBook2 really a good choice as an inexpensive Debian notebook?
Most definitely. > What are the bad parts of it? Some hardware support isn't well integrated yet, you might have to collect a few patches. > Can I just recompile x86 apps? In general, yes. But you don't even have to, it's all done for you by our hard-working team of porters/developers. ;) > E.g. I would like to run Ximian Gnome but they only have debs for > Potato/x86. Do you absolutely need _Ximian_ GNOME? GNOME 1.4 is in the main Debian archive, and the Ximian debs tend to be worse integrated into the system. > I have heard very different opinions on the G3 500 > ranging from people saying it's as good as a P3 800 to > opinions saying it's no better than a Celeron 300. It depends on the application. > I usually use Ximian Gnome and Mozilla and Gnumeric > etc. Is the G3 500 strong enough for those apps? Yep. Even the G3 400 in this Pismo is. ;) Enough RAM is probably more important anyway. > BTW I sometimes like to play games. Can I play Unreal > Tournament comfortably or is the G3 500 too slow? You'd have to port UT to PPC first to tell... I'm afraid it'd be too slow. -- Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper) \ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer CS student, Free Software enthusiast \ XFree86 and DRI project member
