Re: [techtalk] LinuxPPC

2000-01-28 Thread Adriana Gonzalez
Jamie Walker wrote: > > Nicole Zimmerman wrote: > > > From what I have seen of it it's not much different than an i386 distro > > (similar to other RH-based distros) and the iBook is (IMHO) the best > > laptop you can get for that kind of price. Of course, this comes from a > > long time Mac+uni

Re: [techtalk] LinuxPPC

2000-01-28 Thread franzoni
On Fri, 28 Jan 2000, Jamie Walker wrote: > Something I've always wondered about LinuxPPC et al - how do they handle > the single button mice in X11 which ideally wants three? you emulate the other two buttons with a modifyer on the keyboard (don't remember which keys, but something like: button

Re: [techtalk] LinuxPPC

2000-01-28 Thread Nicole Zimmerman
> There is a website on linuxPPC and the iBook that I just came across: > http://calvaweb.calvacom.fr/bh40/test.html I also may note that there are binary-powerpc and disks-powerpc on ftp.debian.org in the potato dir of dists/. Full of useful .deb packages. -nicole [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [techtalk] LinuxPPC

2000-01-27 Thread Nicole Zimmerman
There are 3 button mice for macs ;o) The recent X server release has USB support as well (I would wager iBooks only have USB and not ADB... my powerbook only has USB). I have never used X in linuxPPC... and I have a 3 button mouse for my laptop. I will check the LinuxPPC website on that one. I c

Re: [techtalk] LinuxPPC

2000-01-27 Thread Jamie Walker
Nicole Zimmerman wrote: > From what I have seen of it it's not much different than an i386 distro > (similar to other RH-based distros) and the iBook is (IMHO) the best > laptop you can get for that kind of price. Of course, this comes from a > long time Mac+unix user who was introduced to window

Re: [techtalk] LinuxPPC

2000-01-27 Thread Nicole Zimmerman
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Has anyone used this distribution? What do y'all think of it? I may be > getting an i-book soon (my job will supply with money for a very cheap > computer (as in, sub-2000$), so it makes no sense to plunk it down on a > desktop not as good as my current one;), and i w

[techtalk] LinuxPPC

2000-01-27 Thread AccordionNerdGrl
Has anyone used this distribution? What do y'all think of it? I may be getting an i-book soon (my job will supply with money for a very cheap computer (as in, sub-2000$), so it makes no sense to plunk it down on a desktop not as good as my current one;), and i was just wondering a) if LinuxPPC

[techtalk] linuxppc on a PoserMac?

1999-11-24 Thread Clare Smith
Has anyone ever installed linuxppc on a PowerMac with a weird (Twin Turbo 128 IBM card) video card? Clare [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org