Oh and the PPC team always needs help! https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/Testing/PPC
On Wed, Mar 11, 2015 at 2:20 PM, Walter Lapchynski <w...@ubuntu.com> wrote: > 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 -- @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
