On Feb 1, 2:55 pm, coin <[email protected]> wrote:
> Apparently, another means of running LXDE on iMacs is to install using
> another successful PowerPC-specific Linux distro-build such as a non-
> LXDE Ubuntu (as per Bucky's Ubuntu CLI suggestion) or Debian build,
> and once installed, use the appropriate distro's package manager to
> get LXDE (again, from the appropriate PowerPC binaries) after-the-
> fact.
> Preliminary instructions for this 'Installing LXDE from a package
> manager with an existing Linux system' are
> athttp://wiki.lxde.org/en/Installation
>
> For a PowerPC build of Ubuntu 9.04 "Jaunty Jackalope", might then
> investigate
> the 'Jaunty Jackalope for powerpc (powerpc)'s binary [LXDE] packages'
> found athttps://launchpad.net/ubuntu/jaunty/powerpc/+search?text=lxde
>
> For a PowerPC build of Debian Lenny/Testing, might then investigate
> the 'lenny(testing) LXDE packages' list found at
> athttp://packages.debian.org/search?arch=powerpc&keywords=lxde
>
> So to summarize this message, the available choices for a desired
> PowerPC Linux to run LXDE seem to be a) using a PowerPC Linux distro
> that effectively incorporates LXDE when installed -or- b) using a non-
> LXDE PowerPC Linux distro for installation on my iMacs to begin with
> and then -- once the PowerPC Linux distro is successfully installed --
> can be effectively upgraded to incorporate LXDE.
>
> Anybody with more advanced iMac knowledge have direct or indirect
> experience here?
>
> Similar in some ways to Bucky's lightweight configuration suggestion
> (s), my own 1st preference would be to go down the b) path for Debian
> Lenny for PowerPC and afterwards doing LXDE upgrades. Maybe will try
> this after watching big Classic American Football game, The SuperBowl,
> here in the U.S. later on today.
>
> Cheers!
Hello again! with b) you won't even need to reinstall anything, You'll
just need to install it with synaptics or apt-get and make the proper
configuration changes. But you will need to find an apt-get source
though, as I haven't found a debian package for LXDE *Yet*. But there
should be one somewhere in the wide world of apt. Using a non-debian
package or vice versa from Ubuntu is not recommended, I wouldn't dare
try.
Have fun! and let us know how it goes.
Coin? have you visited the MaX List? thats the Linux on Mac list for
LEM.
I'm on there too. - well, if I'm not struck down by a nanny lightning-
bolt.
Bucky.(fears the lightning-bolt)
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