On Thu, May 11, 2006 at 02:01:38AM +0200, Benoit Chesneau wrote: > Hi all, > > I'v an alubook (powerbook5,6 1.67) with ati RV360M11 and I'm tempted > to pass it under linux. I would like to know if now Airport extrem > works well and if I can video/dvi out under linux and especially > debianppc. > > Btw does someone use this laptop fulltime under linux ?
99 % of the time my Powerbook5,8 is run by Debian Linux: The machine is a dual-boot one here: OSX + Linux. And the only reason I still have this OSX partition is the firmware updates for this machine that I can get via the OS X software updater, at least for the next 1 or 2 years, as I hope. But as soon as I find a usable way to install these firmware updates without OSX that OSX partition will be wiped for .. guess what? ... :) > For what reason? Somewhere once, IIRC, I read something like: "What are you doing more than 2 hours in front of Mac OS X?" I couldn't put it better ... You're probably better-off tho' with this relatively new machine if you build your own kernels. But IMNSHO this comes close to a snap even for users, i.e. non-coders, if that's done via make-kpkg on a Debian system ... :) And provided they're willing to learn and spend some time on that .. If people only need some email or Internet or a Web cam to say hello to Grandma it's prolly better to just use OSX ... I don't think that those being curious on what's happening on a computer have another chance than installing something like Linux. Oh yes, and this: I think it's much more comfortable to use Linux than any other OS I know. Because with Linux I feel I have more options to tweak the system according to my needs. HTH Best Regards Wolfgang -- Wolfgang Pfeiffer: /ICQ: 286585973/ + + + /AIM: crashinglinux/ http://profiles.yahoo.com/wolfgangpfeiffer Key ID: E3037113 http://keyserver.mine.nu/pks/lookup?search=0xE3037113&fingerprint=on -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
