Re: On the status of support for the current generation iBooks

2006-04-15 Thread Magnus Rosenbaum
Rogério Brito wrote: > I'm a little bit curious to know what the support status is for current > iBooks. While most components are supported, I still have a list of problems. You can look at my iBook installation page for details: http://cmr.forestfactory.de/ibook/linux/ibook_linux.html#problems

Re: On the status of support for the current generation iBooks

2006-03-26 Thread Deepayan Sarkar
On 3/22/06, ruben <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > At Wed, 22 Mar 2006 08:52:01 -0600, Deepayan Sarkar wrote: > > [...] > > I also have an iBook G4 1.33Ghz, since last summer. The hardware is > basically fully supported these days, except for the internal modem. > > > (b) I'm still slightly confused

Re: On the status of support for the current generation iBooks

2006-03-23 Thread ruben
At Wed, 22 Mar 2006 08:52:01 -0600, Deepayan Sarkar wrote: > [...] I also have an iBook G4 1.33Ghz, since last summer. The hardware is basically fully supported these days, except for the internal modem. > (b) I'm still slightly confused about power management and CPU > scaling, but the tools a

Re: On the status of support for the current generation iBooks

2006-03-22 Thread Olof Johansson
On Wed, Mar 22, 2006 at 05:20:06PM -0500, James Montgomery wrote: > now. My only concern is; will PPC development be droping off? I know I doubt that neither software nor hardware development is dropping off. Main blank spot right now is the lack of consumer/developer machines in a decent price r

Re: On the status of support for the current generation iBooks

2006-03-22 Thread Benjamin Herrenschmidt
> (f) X works, but 3d acceleration doesn't. Messages on this listsuggest that > this will change with xorg 7.0, so I'll wait for that. Myone experiment > trying to mirror the display on an external monitorusing the VGA connector > hasn't been successful, but apparently it canbe done. TV out prob

Re: On the status of support for the current generation iBooks

2006-03-22 Thread Benjamin Herrenschmidt
On Wed, 2006-03-22 at 17:20 -0500, James Montgomery wrote: > I have been running debian 'testing' on my ibook 800 for about three > years now. I'v > e really enjoyed the increased support that has come about for the > PPC. It's about time for me to upgrade to something a bit faster with > more 'jui

Re: On the status of support for the current generation iBooks

2006-03-22 Thread James Montgomery
I have been running debian 'testing' on my ibook 800 for about three years now. I'v e really enjoyed the increased support that has come about for the PPC. It's about time for me to upgrade to something a bit faster with more 'juice', I've been considering a 15'' PowerbookPPC for sometime now. My o

Re: On the status of support for the current generation iBooks

2006-03-22 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Wed, 22 Mar 2006 12:10:08 +0100, Rogério Brito wrote: > I'm a little bit curious to know what the support status is for current > iBooks. I'm mostly interested in the 12" version, due to its price and its > size. Apart from the internal modem, they are 100% supported. Lovely. (btw, Fedora Cor

Re: On the status of support for the current generation iBooks

2006-03-22 Thread Deepayan Sarkar
On 3/22/06, Rogério Brito <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi there, all. > > I'm a little bit curious to know what the support status is for current > iBooks. I'm mostly interested in the 12" version, due to its price and > its size. > > I also like the fact that it has a PowerPC processor in it, but

On the status of support for the current generation iBooks

2006-03-22 Thread Rogério Brito
Hi there, all. I'm a little bit curious to know what the support status is for current iBooks. I'm mostly interested in the 12" version, due to its price and its size. I also like the fact that it has a PowerPC processor in it, but I'm slightly worried about getting one if Linux support isn't goo