Is the iBook2 really good?

Is the iBook2 really a good choice as an inexpensive Debian notebook? What are the bad parts of it? Can I just recompile x86 apps? E.g. I would like to run Ximian Gnome but they only have debs for Potato/x86. I have heard very different opinions on the G3 500 ranging from people saying it's as good

Re: Is the iBook2 really good?

--- Michel Dänzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Russell Williams wrote: > > > > Is the iBook2 really a good choice as an > inexpensive Debian notebook? > > Most definitely. Is the iBook2 a NewWorld mac? Would the TiBook be worth the extra money? > Some hardw

Re: Is the iBook2 really good?

> The more memory you > can stuff in the > better, especially if you want to run MacOnLinux > (www.maconlinux.net) > since you want to give about 128Mb to MacOS if you > intend to do anything > useful with it (I run Illustrator on it, it works > fine, but larger > graphics could use 256MB for the m

Re: Is the iBook2 really good?

Can I use the international kernel patch (www.kerneli.org) to decrypt my file system on an iBook2? Regards Russell __ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/

Re: lazy saturday notebook comparo (long)

--- Michael Blakeley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The poster implicitly distinguished between targeted > and untargeted > attacks: calling his defense STO is, I think, an > oversimplification. > Sitting outside the target group has its place in > ameliorating > least-common-denominator attac

Re: lazy saturday notebook comparo (long)

--- Colin Walters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Russell Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I have already asked this in a separate thread but > with no answer > > yet. Can I use the international linux kernel > patch > > (www.kerneli.org) for

Re: lazy saturday notebook comparo (long)

--- Ethan Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Aug 24, 2001 at 12:27:54PM -0700, Russell > Williams wrote: > > > How do you protect your laptops? > > if the powerbook is new enough it will have > OpenFirmware security > features which will prevent bootin

Power Management on (T)iBooks

I have just read a YDL 2.0 review (posted on /.) and it says that the power management mostly doesn't work. Does Debian's power management work on (T)iBooks or are there still parts that are not supported yet? Regards Russell __ Do You Yahoo!? Make