[Novalug] Installing Ubuntu on a PowerNotebook G4 17"

[Bonnie Dalzell]

On Sat, 27 Feb 2010, greg pryzby wrote:

> On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 10:31 AM, American Dave Kline <novalug at soupy.org>wrote:
>
>> On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 10:15:49AM -0500, Justin Swain wrote:
>>
>>>    Â  Machine Name:Â Â Â  PowerBook G4 17"
>>
>> Never used Linux on such a laptop, but The Google says it's fine.
>>
>>>    In my desire to be able to demonstrate Linux, OpenSource applications
>>>    and have a laptop for field trips that I can use OpenOffice.org or
>>>    comparable office suite.
>>
>> I"m one of those people that puts Linux on everything, and can tell you
>> Linux runs on many PPC machines very well.  That said, the most supported
>> experience is on big vendor x86/x86-64 hardware.  You may have to fiddle
>> with the video card or wireless card in your case.
>>
>>>    Direction to websites or contact with persons experienced in this task
>>>    are welcome.
>>
>> Try the PPC versions of Fedora, Debian, or Ubuntu.  It's pretty much the
>> same as a normal x86 install these days.
>
>
> Find  a 'recent distro' and that could be hard. That said, I have run Linux
> and Mac PPC (including the old clamshell) and PS3. It works, but I can tell
> you OSX is a better fit for the hardware.
>

I have found that a number of the free, open source Linux aps are also 
available to run on MACS under OSX. The MAC version of open office is 
called NeoOffice.

http://www.neooffice.org/neojava/en/index.php

try googling your favorite open source ap by name and adding MAC to the 
google search string.


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