[Yves ] Re: new ibook (icebook) with debian ppc

2001-07-09 Thread Colin Walters
I believe Yves meant to send this to the list. --- Begin Message --- Colin Walters([EMAIL PROTECTED])@Sat, Jul 07, 2001 at 02:38:56PM -0400: > Matthias Güter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > i'm about to buy a new ibook (www.apple.com/ibook) and i'm not > > planning to use neiter macos9 nor maco

Re: new ibook (icebook) with debian ppc

2001-07-08 Thread David N. Welton
"Dhruva B. Reddy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On a similar note, can anyone who has experience with Linux on a PPC > comment on software support? Unfortunately, I find myself running > closed-source apps (such as StarOffice). I have been toying with > the idea of buying a PowerBook G4. You co

Re: new ibook (icebook) with debian ppc

2001-07-07 Thread Heather
> They've released the source for StarOffice/OpenOffice these days. > > a There was a review of several office/productivity apps in Linux Weekly News' "On The Desktop" section last week, (not the just-now Thursday, but the one before). You can probably do alright by using apt-get -b sou

Re: new ibook (icebook) with debian ppc

2001-07-07 Thread Andrew Sharp
They've released the source for StarOffice/OpenOffice these days. a "Dhruva B. Reddy" wrote: > > On a similar note, can anyone who has experience with Linux on a PPC comment > on software support? Unfortunately, I find myself running closed-source apps > (such as StarOffice). I have been toyin

Re: new ibook (icebook) with debian ppc

2001-07-07 Thread Colin Walters
Matthias Güter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > i'm about to buy a new ibook (www.apple.com/ibook) and i'm not > planning to use neiter macos9 nor macosx. as a happy debian > gnu/linux user it is very important to me to know how well the ibook > works with the ppc distro (potato or woody). i'd like

Re: new ibook (icebook) with debian ppc

2001-07-07 Thread Dhruva B. Reddy
On a similar note, can anyone who has experience with Linux on a PPC comment on software support? Unfortunately, I find myself running closed-source apps (such as StarOffice). I have been toying with the idea of buying a PowerBook G4. Thanks, Dhruva On Sat, Jul 07, 2001 at 07:26:26PM +0200,

new ibook (icebook) with debian ppc

2001-07-07 Thread Matthias Güter
i'm about to buy a new ibook (www.apple.com/ibook) and i'm not planning to use neiter macos9 nor macosx. as a happy debian gnu/linux user it is very important to me to know how well the ibook works with the ppc distro (potato or woody). i'd like to know what hardware components (ethernet, audio, mo