[Gllug] Ubuntu 10.10 PPC on PowerMac G5 hardware issues?

Richard Huxton dev at archonet.com
Fri Dec 3 09:56:36 UTC 2010


On 03/12/10 01:13, gvim wrote:
> I'm considering running Ubuntu 10.10 PPC on an old dual 2Ghz Powermac
> G5 which was bought in December 2003 but needs a repair. Anyone
> running something similar? If so what hardware issues am I likely to
> encounter?

Can't help with your hardware questions, but I'm happily running Debian 
on an old ibook G4 laptop. The built-in wireless card works fine with 
the relevant wpa lines in /etc/network/interfaces. Haven't noticed any 
problems with the packages I've wanted.

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   Richard Huxton
   Archonet Ltd
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