Mari: Screenshots look nice . . . I also posted here or on Lubuntu users about getting Xubun 12.04 running on a Powermac G4 with 450 MHz processor for use as home desktop . . . it runs, but, a little slow. But, indeed, support for PPC is not what it was, but several people have contributed to the PowerPCFAQ on the Ubuntu wiki which gives some very helpful information . . . and a few people on the "Apple Users Forum" are working on various PPC options . . . including UbuntuMATE for PPC . . . . You can always post questions there, and usually someone stops by to offer insight. I try to promote the PPC linux effort as much as possible.
F On Wed, Mar 11, 2015 at 1:42 PM, Mari <saltyca...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi > > First let me thank you for all the work you and your team do on Lubuntu-I > am a big fan! I have installed it on many old computers and it performs > well! I also love how it can be easily customized to one's liking. > > Here are a couple of screenshots of Lubuntu 12.04 (I installed some icon > and Openbox themes as well as Docky) running on a Powermac G4 7400 512 mb > ram. Its usable and while it does have some issues, I'm sure I will be able > to sort them out. It was more of a proof of concept as I was given several > old PPC powermacs and wanted to see if I could get them to run something > other than OS X before saying goodbye to them. > > But I am disappointed by the lack of PPC support-they are old computers > people like to keep. Its mainly the issue with the old ATI rage Pro 128 > cards which is slowing down the install and keeping it from running > optimally (it should, in my opinion, run at least as well as OS X Tiger > does and, in fact, should run faster). While there seems to be a fix out > there that Debian still maintains, Ubuntu dropped support for the PPC some > time ago and I had trouble compiling the necessary files for installation > on the powermac. I'm sure I will sort it out eventually but its clearly not > for the novice. > > I wonder if there might be a way to maintain a Lubuntu repo for these old > PPC computers, since Lubuntu is great for older hardware. > > Anyway, I would be happy to work with you all on any PPC issues-I have a > lot of spare time as I am physically disabled, thus I spend a lot of time > at home. > > Thanks again! > > Mari > > PS Wrote this on an HP Pavilion Athlon 64 X2 running Lubuntu 14.04 :) > > -- > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-qa > Post to : lubuntu-qa@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-qa > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >
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