---------- Original message ---------- Subject: Re: Goodbye Power Macs! Or: Linux on Power Macs Date: Dienstag 06 Juli 2010N From: Doug McNutt <[email protected]> To: [email protected]
> Before you go too far. A couple of questions about Linux on MY 64 Sawtooth What is a 64 Sawtooth? Or do you meen you've 64 (pieces of) Sawtooth_s_? > I'm now using Ubuntu on an Intel, but not Apple, box with a pair of Nvidia > flat screens that work like a Mac only because of proprietary drivers from > Nvidia. Currently they are developing nouveau – an open source accelerated driver for nVidia cards. But it's still experimental and unstable. May eventually also run on Macs, but I haven't had any luck so far: tried to compile it on a Mac G4 –which worked– but X11 wouldn't start. But I didn't try hard. > My G4 runs OS neXt with four monitors two of which are still > CRTs. How can I work with lots of monitors under Linux? Xinerama is > either a POS or I haven't figured it out yet. Try xrandr and a modern desktop like Gnome or KDE. They should support this out-of-the-box. Just a quick search – Google found this: http://maketecheasier.com/how-to-setup-dual-monitors-with-xrandr/2009/06/01 There are propably a dozen more possible ways to accomplish this. > I use all those monitors for CAD software, Vectorworks 12.5 on my G4 and I > can't afford to keep it updated but it runs on Macs and peecees but not > under any kind of Linux or UNIX. If I put Linux on my G4 I doubt that I > will be able to use all of the screen space. I certainly can't if I use > X-11 to log in to my existing Linux box. Do I get this right: you use the Mac only as an X11 client? This CAD software is running on a different machine? If so, this *could* be more complicated, but since I've never tried this, I really don't know. Could be easy as well. > Are there any open source options for decent computer aided design - > circuit boards, electronic schematics, and some machine drawings - > available for Linux? I keep looking and even compiling but I haven't found > anything I can afford. Yeah. . there are things like Pro-Engineer which > are way out of my price range. CAD and anything alike is not my kind of expertise. I only have programs for Linux which are 1) open source (to be able to run on various platfroms: x86, amd64, ppc, ppc64, armv5, …) and 2) which is –as a natural concequence– free (in the sence of not costing any money). Sorry I can't be more help. Andreas aka Mac User #330250 -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
