[Eug-lug] Gnoppix Ubuntu LiveCDs at meeting tomorrow

[Max Lemieux]

larry price wrote:

>On Wed, 05 Jan 2005 15:07:35 -0800, Max Lemieux <max at lunarlogic.com> wrote:
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>>Hi Larry,
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>>2 questions about the PPC CD's:
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>>1) is there a torrent?
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>http://ftp.cs.umn.edu/pub/ubuntu-releases/warty/warty-release-install-powerpc.iso.torrent
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>>2) does it boot on Old-World G3? (i.e. beige 233/desktop rev1 G3)
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>I don't know for sure, oldworld Macs aren't my specialty, but in my
>experience they are painful and frustrating to deal with when
>attempting to install a Linux distribution. (tr. may not be worth it
>for time invested)
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Thanks for the link. Yeah, it's a little tricky getting the system 
installed (2 floppy disks for bootstrap) but the PPC bootloader will 
boot off the hard drive now, even for old-world systems. After the 
floppy bootstrap the process is identical to any other Debian install (I 
chose a net-install which came off without a hitch). The system was 
solid once up and running, and very stable and quick-ish (faster than 
MacOS 9 for sure, running IceWM!)

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>>I used Ubuntu for a little while and found it to be solid, friendly and
>>full-featured (although lacking the hardware detection I've been spoiled
>>by in other distros... ;) ). I'm looking to set up a new PPC Linux
>>install, since the ancient 1GB SCSI external drive "boat anchor"
>>attached to my G3 running DebianPPC has gone to Davy Jones' Locker. Next
>>drive for this system will be produced this century, if I can help it.
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>I have High hopes for the rumoured 'Headless-Mac' as that could be a
>very good second workstation, to run as dual boot. (best of both
>worlds an OS X system for creative work and play and a linux world to
>bend to your unique needs and desires)
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