Arnel Tuazon wrote:
> 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
>
>
That version of Ubuntu is not the latest and greatest - but yeah the
latest and greatest still isn't exactly ready for the masses.
Adobe plug ins for Linux are distributed the same as for Mac & Windows.
Not sure why that was a problem.
I'd be happy just to have an iBook G3 700 that worked. :-)
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