Changes in Debian get synced downstream to Ubuntu. Where do you think the fix is?
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 > -- @wxl | http://polka.bike Lubuntu Release Manager, Head of QA Ubuntu PPC Point of Contact Ubuntu Oregon LoCo Team Leader Eugene Unix & GNU/Linux User Group Co-Organizer -- 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
