general suggestion On Sun, Aug 9, 2015 at 9:04 PM, Fritz Hudnut <este.el....@gmail.com> wrote:
> @HH: > > Funny . . . I didn't know other people have bills . . . hmmmm, total > re-think on collective life in a capitalistic society. But, when you say, > "run the build command" . . . is this a general suggestion of something to > do on the computer to fill its time . . . or specific to keeping my olde PM > 3,1 running 12.04, but something that needs to be "built" . . . so that the > upgrade for XFCE could then be installed ??? > > F > > On Sun, Aug 9, 2015 at 6:23 PM, Herminio Hernandez, Jr. < > herminio.hernande...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> We all got bills, just run the build command leave the computer, do what >> you gotta do, come back and you should be done :) >> >> On Sun, Aug 9, 2015 at 8:14 PM, Fritz Hudnut <este.el....@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> @AG: >>> >>> Thanks for the emotional support, yes, sniff, it's a lonely world in >>> linux PPC . . . nobody calls, nobody "likes" my posts . . . the devs don't >>> respond to bug reports . . . . : - ((((( >>> >>> But, sure, 450 MHz is "OK" for many local tasks, it just gets totally >>> overwhelmed in places like FB . . . . >>> >>> @HH: >>> >>> Appreciate the reply as well, however, "get down to the terminal" . . . >>> right, but for what? I do use the terminal for routine upgrades, but, >>> having spent time in fink and mintppc, where upgrades/installs took 8 >>> hours, during which something would invariably break, I've moved on to the >>> more stable systems like the 'buntu flavors, that don't take so much time >>> and attention to just get them to run. Like, if there was a wiki on how to >>> update xfce to 4.10 or 4.12 while in 12.04, and the CL instructions were >>> detailed . . . I could maybe find the time. But, compiling a kernel?? Too >>> many things to do that I'm already ignoring . . . I've got "bills" . . . >>> "bills" . . . "bills" . . . . : - ) >>> >>> F >>> >>> On Sun, Aug 9, 2015 at 4:37 PM, Herminio Hernandez, Jr. < >>> herminio.hernande...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Fritz, >>>> >>>> I would strongly encourage you getting down to the command line. It >>>> will help you so much with Linux on PPC. I think once you get started you >>>> will see that tasks like applying patches, building .deb files, even >>>> compiling a kernel are not as daunting as they may sound. You will >>>> definitely feel that you are more in control of your computing freedom. >>>> >>>> On Sun, Aug 9, 2015 at 6:10 PM, Aere Greenway < >>>> a...@dvorak-keyboards.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> On 08/09/2015 04:37 PM, Fritz Hudnut wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> But, this JWM for PPC has been mentioned before, perhaps by the time >>>>>> you have the time to do that, might be around when all support for 12.04 >>>>>> is >>>>>> dropped . . . . It's "hard" to work with a 450 MHz processor these days. >>>>>> >>>>> Fritz: >>>>> >>>>> I know (thanks to your reporting) that PPC support (or lack of such) >>>>> is its own 'bag of worms', unfortunately. I am impressed with your dogged >>>>> determination in trying to solve the many problems strewn in your path. >>>>> >>>>> But at least in the Intel world, I have a 450 megahertz HP Vectra test >>>>> machine, and it works with Lubuntu 14.04, 14.10, and now (more recently) >>>>> with Lubuntu 15.04 (15.04 tested-out better than 14.10). >>>>> >>>>> It runs my MIDI music tests, including running Qsynth, Qjactctl, >>>>> Rosegarden, and Java. It played a demanding MIDI sequence without a >>>>> single >>>>> under-run error in qjackctl being reported. >>>>> >>>>> That being said, it is a slow machine, that I would not recommend to >>>>> anyone. Its best use is probably for me as a minimum-system test machine. >>>>> But someone could use it, if they were motivated to. >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Sincerely, >>>>> Aere >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >> >
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