@JH: Ah, yeah, I would be very happy for 1GB RAM on my iBook . . . as I would also be happy with 933MHz processor on my "new" '00 Sawtooth. But, right, will probably move up to 14.04 ***LTS**** in a little while . . . doesn't seem like Vivid is quite up to "prime time" yet, based upon my limited testing of it . . . seems like other PPC folks as well as i386ers are also finding "issues."
F On Fri, Mar 27, 2015 at 11:54 AM, johanes hutapea <[email protected]> wrote: > i also geared with ibook g4. but, it is a mid 2005 version, with only 1GB > ddr1 ram. it works fine with 14.04.1 LTS version. > > but the ibook is no more than just a cloud storage and a simple internet > router. > > > Fritz Hudnut <[email protected]> wrote: > > @IA: > > Thanks for the reply, yes, LXDE should work as XFCE is doing fine. > Getting the machine up to 2GB RAM seems to have been very good for > increasing functionality. I will get around to looking at the formal > testing using it as far as "listing the specs" of it . . . but that could > be a short list or longer depending on who is asking. What specs would you > be wanting to know? > > F > > On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 3:30 AM, Istimsak Abdulbasir <[email protected] > > wrote: > >> LXDE should work fine with a 450MHz CPU. Won't be bleeding edge but >> operational. Do you know the specs of your AGP? You should definitely list >> your PC specs when testing. The more hardware Ubuntu can be tested on the >> better agile it becomes. >> On Mar 22, 2015 8:57 PM, "Fritz Hudnut" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Folks/PPC testing team: >>> >>> Just staying in touch, making this "informal" report for now. The last >>> couple of months I've been reviving my wife's old PowerMac G4 "Sawtooth" . >>> . . new HD, new screen, and yesterday I replaced the old optical drive that >>> only booted CDs with one that will boot DVDs . . . added some RAM. Then >>> booted up a copy of U-MATE PPC, no boot params . . . and several minutes >>> later I was into a good res desktop and stuff worked. >>> >>> I then tried a Feb 6??? iso of Vivid PPC that I believe booted with the >>> "agp" params OK in my iBook . . . and we slowly (450 MHz processor) got to >>> a desktop with the Lu background symbol . . . but kind of rough res images, >>> and just the trash can and "install" icons on the desktop . . . icon ID >>> words were not read-able and the "LXDE" launcher applet never appeared. >>> While I was trying to figure out how to set the system time it seemed like >>> the system and my screen "went to sleep" . . . screen went black and the >>> power button turned orange from its active blue. Could not revive the >>> situation . . . shut down with the power button. >>> >>> Rebooted the MATE DVD to see if it would work, and once again after >>> quite some time on the splash window . . . back into a working liveDVD. >>> So, this is a "new" machine for me, haven't done a bunch of linux installs >>> on it to know whether or not what boot params would be needed; >>> coincidentally or not it happens to be the "AGP" Sawtooth model. A month >>> or so back I had a CD with Xu 12.04 that I was able to boot and install >>> from the old optical drive, no boot params needed for that, very simple >>> install. I would stay with 12 but, as we know it will soon be >>> "unsupported" . . . will probably just go to 14.04 for it anyway, but does >>> seem like there might be something else I need for 15 on this '00 model >>> machine. 12 doesn't offer a working "suspend" at this time, perhaps now >>> that I have 2 GB RAM I might try to expand the swap and see if that helps >>> the ability to suspend without shutting down to revive . . . . >>> >>> That's the latest in my PPC testing efforts, pretty sure this unit will >>> not be on the qa list, but I do plan on running it for awhile so there may >>> be time to test stuff out "formally" on it. >>> >>> F >>> >>> -- >>> Lubuntu-users mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: >>> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users >>> >>> >
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