On Thu, 2002-01-03 at 18:28, Tomasz Matuszczyk wrote: > I have a few questions... I usually run debian on PC but now i've had a > very tempting offer to buy a PowerBook G4.
A new one or an old one? I'll assume the former; they're much more powerful but not quite as well supported yet. > What I would like to know is: > > 1. Will debian work fine with this computer? Yes! Probably harder to set up than an x86 box, but the result is much nicer. :) Hardware support is also developing nicely except for the Winmodem-style internal modem. > 2. Does apt-get work with mac or do you have to compile all programs > yourself? Works of course. > 3. This computer only has one mousebutton right?? How does this work? The trackpad has only one button. You can emulate the others with keys, but do yourself a favour and use a decent USB mouse. :) > 4. Can i have both debian and macos X on the same computer? (I prefer > photoshop to gimp ;).) There's no native Photoshop for MacOS X yet, right? You can run MacOS 9 inside Linux with MOL. Packages are available. -- Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer XFree86 and DRI project member / CS student, Free Software enthusiast
