On Sep 1, 2006, at 14:38 , Robert Citek wrote:

>
> On Sep 1, 2006, at 12:56 PM, AgentM wrote:
>> On Sep 1, 2006, at 12:55 , Thomas Kirk wrote:
>>
>>> I installed edubuntu on a imac g3 slot load 400mhz with dvd and
>>> firewire. It seems to work well. I will try and bring it to the next
>>> meeting.
>>> Thomas Kirk
>>
>> Which window manager are you running? How much RAM does the box have?
>
> I'm also curious.  At ByteWorks we got in a few G3 iMacs.  I don't
> know the specs other than they have 32 MB RAM and run MacOS 9.2 just
> fine.  I tried booting with Ubuntu but didn't have any luck.  Any
> tips/recommendations on how to get Ubuntu installed would be welcome.

You need at least 64 MB to get X to run. Anything less than 128 will  
be so slow as to be useless. Try one of the slimmer distros (Xubuntu)  
to start.
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/xubuntu/releases/6.06.1/release.1/

-M

 
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