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| Re: Getting Debian Linux up on a PowerMac 7200... [message #42144 is a reply to message #41619] |
Sun, 10 March 2013 18:56   |
Nesta Nesta
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I've tried so many times and for some many months to get Wheezy on a Pismo,
this guy puts me to shame. Let me go now learn from him.
On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 2:18 PM, Bruce Johnson
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> <http://www.insentricity.com/a.cl/197/TryingToGetLinuxOnAP>
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> He succeeded, but it was a lot of work...
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| Re: Getting Debian Linux up on a PowerMac 7200... [message #42165 is a reply to message #42144] |
Sun, 10 March 2013 23:10 |
Clark Martin
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On Mar 10, 2013, at 3:56 PM, Nesta Nesta wrote:
> I've tried so many times and for some many months to get Wheezy on a Pismo, this guy puts me to shame. Let me go now learn from him.
I did install Ubuntu 10.whichever on my Pismo with little trouble. And putting Debian 5.0 on a Wallstreet wasn't that complicated.
And I installed some version of Linux on my 7500 with out any trouble but never could do much with it.
One trouble I have run into is that after a time the online repositories either disappear or move and you can no longer update or install software from them. So if you have an older machine that can't run the latest version you are sol.
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| Re: Getting Debian Linux up on a PowerMac 7200... [message #42166 is a reply to message #42165] |
Mon, 11 March 2013 00:08 |
Nesta Nesta
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On Sun, Mar 10, 2013 at 8:10 PM, Clark Martin <cmmac@sonic.net> wrote:
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> On Mar 10, 2013, at 3:56 PM, Nesta Nesta wrote:
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> I've tried so many times and for some many months to get Wheezy on a
> Pismo, this guy puts me to shame. Let me go now learn from him.
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> I did install Ubuntu 10.whichever on my Pismo with little trouble. And
> putting Debian 5.0 on a Wallstreet wasn't that complicated.
>
> Care to attach the guide you followed? Did everything work; firewire,
wireless, etc.
> And I installed some version of Linux on my 7500 with out any trouble but
> never could do much with it.
>
>
> One trouble I have run into is that after a time the online repositories
> either disappear or move and you can no longer update or install software
> from them. So if you have an older machine that can't run the latest
> version you are sol.
>
Yes, you have to hunt down the distro, some of which stick around for a
while. Others quickly vanish.
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| Re: Getting Debian Linux up on a PowerMac 7200... [message #42197 is a reply to message #42166] |
Mon, 11 March 2013 02:45 |
Clark Martin
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On Mar 10, 2013, at 9:08 PM, Nesta Nesta wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 10, 2013 at 8:10 PM, Clark Martin <cmmac@sonic.net> wrote:
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> On Mar 10, 2013, at 3:56 PM, Nesta Nesta wrote:
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>> I've tried so many times and for some many months to get Wheezy on a Pismo, this guy puts me to shame. Let me go now learn from him.
>
> I did install Ubuntu 10.whichever on my Pismo with little trouble. And putting Debian 5.0 on a Wallstreet wasn't that complicated.
>
> Care to attach the guide you followed? Did everything work; firewire, wireless, etc.
On the Pismo I just followed the directions and used a Net Install. I may have had to tweak the Xorg.config file. Most Linux Distros I've installed needed that. I don't know about Firewire, I don't think I ever tried to use it. But WiFi (airport card) worked and the battery reporting both worked without a hitch.
More or less the same story for the Wallstreet. I believe I have a 802.11g card in that machine and had to install a piece of non-open source software that provided the manufacturers firmware for the card.
I found Debian and Ubuntu were the least trouble to install and had the best support for PPC.
Mostly I've found that none of them really have any advantage over OS X.
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> And I installed some version of Linux on my 7500 with out any trouble but never could do much with it.
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> One trouble I have run into is that after a time the online repositories either disappear or move and you can no longer update or install software from them. So if you have an older machine that can't run the latest version you are sol.
> Yes, you have to hunt down the distro, some of which stick around for a while. Others quickly vanish.
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| Re: Getting Debian Linux up on a PowerMac 7200... [message #42230 is a reply to message #42197] |
Mon, 11 March 2013 09:54 |
Bruce Johnson
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On Mar 10, 2013, at 11:45 PM, Clark Martin wrote:
> I found Debian and Ubuntu were the least trouble to install and had the best support for PPC.
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> Mostly I've found that none of them really have any advantage over OS X.
You're not the only one...
<http://tirania.org/blog/archive/2013/Mar-05.html>
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