* Richard Revis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-10-22 20:06]: > I have been lusting after a G4 powerbook recently and since they are
gentoo-ppc-user might get you some better results (CC'd) I have everything working fine on my iBook, but I have a feeling there may be one or two problems with the latest G4 powerbooks. They may have been fixed already or be close to but I haven't been paying attention. Your best bet for hardware advice is the debian-powerpc list. There's a lot of non-debian specific PPC Linux discussion there. Check the archives and ask if you don't find anything conclusive. > How well does the PPC install of Gentoo work? Is it pretty slick? Um, well enough? :-) It worked fine for me. I think it's pretty similar to the x86 install, with only a few different nuances such as the different bootloader etc. > How many of the Gentoo packages work well on PPC? Virtually all of those I've tried. There are a couple of things that don't work as well but the main thing is binary only pkgs (e.g. acrobat) where there's no PPC binary. > Does the lack of a second and third mouse key make X You can configure keys to do that - I have F11 and F12. Others have them further down on the keyboard but I haven't found it a hassle. > Why on earth doesn't it have a pgup/pgdown key? If it's the same as my iBook pgup/pgdown/home/end are fn-up/down/left/right. > Answers on a postcard :o) OK - Gentoo PPC is as good as any other PPC distro, so if it's Linux-able then it's Gentoo-able. Check that the hardware is supported and if so go for it and don't look back. :-) Good luck David -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
