Well I thought I'd give my old iBook G3 some new life by installing Jaunty Jackalope as I kept hearing about Ubuntu and how great it is. All I can say is if you're a regular Joe computer user, Linux is still not for you IMHO. I don't understand how an OS (Linux) after all these years and with all the past hype still seems like it's in the beta stages as an OS for the masses. Ease of use it ain't (well maybe just for Ubuntu as I haven't tried YDL in 4 years).
As for Ubuntu, even with all the apps that are apparently out there for it, it really isn't meant for the PPC. I thought with the end of Apple's support for PPC that Linux was the way to go to get some extra life out of my old Macs especially with web browsers and their plugins. The OS did boot up the iBook much faster than Tiger and Panther, but aside from using Open Office, Firefox was sluggish and I spent hours hunting down plugins to make it work with certain sites i.e. Flash, Quicktime. Also a few plugins wouldn't install on a PPC. I still couldn't find any plugins for Flash and Quicktime. I even installed the "ubuntu restricted packages". I got as a far as getting sound from movie trailers and a "screen saver" effect instead of the video. I don't know, the whole experience was frustrating at times and the old iBook felt sluggish with several apps. Someone had recommended Ubuntu over YDL because of the amount of apps out there. I say most people only need a few of the apps any way to get what they need done. In the end I installed Tiger and the iBook is actually working pretty smoothly. I installed NeoOffice over MS Office to see how much faster it is. I am impressed with it. I may try YDL some time in the future with maybe my G4/1.6GHz Powermac and see how that goes. iBook G3/700 648MB RAM 30GB hd --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
