Re: [ubuntu-uk] iMac G4

2007-08-13 Thread Tony Travis
Andrew Barber wrote: > Hey Tony, > I am also using Ubuntu on an iBook G4 and have found it to be a nice > alternative to OSX. I have also successfully installed Feisty from the > community work ongoing to supple people like us with a nice GNU/Linux > distro. Hello, Andrew. It was the community

Re: [ubuntu-uk] iMac G4

2007-08-13 Thread Gav Ford
On Mon, 2007-08-13 at 13:05 +0100, John Levin wrote: > Are you burning the cd on OS X? There was (and may still be) a problem > with burning bootable isos on os x. I've used Toast on OS X to burn bootable Ubuntu discs in the past, maybe that would help if there is a problem with the OS X default t

Re: [ubuntu-uk] iMac G4

2007-08-13 Thread John Levin
Tony Travis wrote: > Hello, Anyone using Ubuntu on an iMac G4? > Not on that particular model, but I've put K/Ubuntu on a variety of ppc models. > I've just got one, and installed Ubuntu 6.06.1 LTS (Dapper) on it... > > Works quite well, but the recent decision by Canonical not to support > th

Re: [ubuntu-uk] iMac G4

2007-08-11 Thread Andrew Barber
Hey Tony, I am also using Ubuntu on an iBook G4 and have found it to be a nice alternative to OSX. I have also successfully installed Feisty from the community work ongoing to supple people like us with a nice GNU/Linux distro. If you have any problems, ping me on IRC. You will find me in the ubun

[ubuntu-uk] iMac G4

2007-08-11 Thread Tony Travis
Hello, Anyone using Ubuntu on an iMac G4? I've just got one, and installed Ubuntu 6.06.1 LTS (Dapper) on it... Works quite well, but the recent decision by Canonical not to support the PowerPC architecture in future is disappointing. There is a 'port' of Feisty, but I couldn't get it to boot. M