On Mon, May 20, 2002 at 07:54:05AM +0000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I'm interested in a Titanium Powerbook, but I also may purchase a new > iMac. How well does Debian run on these? What differences will I > notice from the x86 version that I'm familiar with? Will I miss > anything or just be blown away? Personally, I love it. And since almost no proprietary software is available for Linux on PPC (Opera is the only one that springs to mind), it's a good chance to work on a really "clean" system. I run vrms. :-)
One thing that's really excellent compared to x86, OS-wise, is power management. Going to sleep or waking up is a matter of seconds. And not a lot of those, either. Plus, you're not encumbered with outdated ports like parallel or RS232 that take up space without being very useful. USB works, FireWire works (I've got an external hard disk for backups, for instance), and that's the most important thing. If you ask me, Apple is currently the only one doing interesting PC hardware. Newer PowerBooks may not have quite the hardware support under Debian that I have, though. It's got the Mac equivalent of a winmodem, but it's also got some extra goodies like the builtin DVD-CDRW drive and the gigabit ethernet that I don't have--and so can't tell you about. My own main gripe at the moment is that I don' tknow how to set up printing with my Epson Stylus C40UX. But I don't think that would have been any better on x86. Plus, I haven't figured out how to play DVDs, although apparently some have. For me it's just not that urgent. > Forgive me for asking this on this list, but what about Yellow Dog > Linux? They have ported apt, but I don't really like rpms and Red Hat, > which YDL is based on. Still, their distro looks impressive. In my experience setting up Debian was a royal pain, but it paid off handsomely. It really wows people when I bring it to the office. ;) Jeroen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
