Re: How usable is Debian on PowerBook G4?

2010-03-30 Thread Aris Monazteriaz
Thanks. Without Adobe Flash? That's a complete turn-off for me. It seems that it's better keep Tiger on my PowerBook. :-( On Tue, March 30, 2010 7:14 pm, Robert Chamberlain wrote: > Hi Aris, > > > forget about compiling things. It's all there ready for you to use! > Firefox, etc, but please read t

Re: How usable is Debian on PowerBook G4?

2010-03-30 Thread Brian Morris
On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 1:38 PM, Aris Monazteriaz wrote: > How usable is Debian on PowerBook G4? Can I install programs right away or > I have to compile them myself? Can I install Firefox with Flash support? > etc.. > You don't have to but if you get the compiler flags right for your cpu optimiz

Re: How usable is Debian on PowerBook G4?

2010-03-30 Thread Gary
Robert Chamberlain wrote: Linux on the PPC seems to be just for > people wanting to use old PPC computers for servers etc... > Have you priced out *new* PPC hardware lately? It's still more expensive than most commodity x86-64 architecture gear. -Gary

Re: How usable is Debian on PowerBook G4?

2010-03-30 Thread Robert Chamberlain
Hi Aris, forget about compiling things. It's all there ready for you to use! Firefox, etc, but please read the following for a full picture of my impressions. (I sent the following message on this mailing list a week or two ago): I tried installing Debian Lenny onto my iBook G4 recently,

How usable is Debian on PowerBook G4?

2010-03-30 Thread Aris Monazteriaz
How usable is Debian on PowerBook G4? Can I install programs right away or I have to compile them myself? Can I install Firefox with Flash support? etc.. Thanks, Aris -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas.

Re: Where is libxfconf-0?

2010-03-30 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
> I finally found time to try your suggestion (which means I finally > found time to backup my data and not create anything new for a while) > but now it wants another library not listed in lenny. I may have to go > with sid, or perhaps Xubuntu still it's built on sid but is a little > more stab