Re: Debian or ubuntu

2010-03-17 Thread nello martuscielli
ok, but what's about the bootloader? Is yaboot able to work with these new devices ? As Gary said, it's no different from a traditionnal PATA disk : it conforms to the ATA standard. I did everything as usual, just aligning correctly the partitions (I must say I did it manually). I also put

Debian or ubuntu

2010-03-16 Thread Jordan Force
Hi, I was considering putting Ubuntu on my ibook G4, and I was wondering: Would the setup for ubuntu be significantly easier than debian? I mean, would installing the system and getting things like wireless and sound to work be harder in Debian than Ubuntu? Thanks, Jordan Sent from my

Re: Debian or ubuntu

2010-03-16 Thread Erik de Castro Lopo
Jordan Force wrote: I was considering putting Ubuntu on my ibook G4, and I was wondering: Would the setup for ubuntu be significantly easier than debian? Ubuntu used to have a PowerPC version, but I don't think they do now. I mean, would installing the system and getting things like

Re: Debian or ubuntu

2010-03-16 Thread Robert Chamberlain
, would installing the system and getting things like wireless and sound to work be harder in Debian than Ubuntu? Thanks, Jordan Sent from my iPod -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: Debian or ubuntu

2010-03-16 Thread Tiresia Giuno
On Tue, 16 Mar 2010 23:42:43 +1100 Erik de Castro Lopo mle+deb...@mega-nerd.com wrote: Jordan Force wrote: I was considering putting Ubuntu on my ibook G4, and I was wondering: Would the setup for ubuntu be significantly easier than debian? Ubuntu used to have a PowerPC version, but I

Re: Debian or ubuntu

2010-03-16 Thread Gary
:42:43 +1100 Erik de Castro Lopo mle+deb...@mega-nerd.com wrote: Jordan Force wrote: I was considering putting Ubuntu on my ibook G4, and I was wondering: Would the setup for ubuntu be significantly easier than debian? Ubuntu used to have a PowerPC version, but I don't think they do now

Re: Debian or ubuntu

2010-03-16 Thread Brian Durant
for ubuntu be significantly easier than debian? I mean, would installing the system and getting things like wireless and sound to work be harder in Debian than Ubuntu? Thanks, Jordan Sent from my iPod -- Registered Linux user number 505331 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ

Re: Debian or ubuntu

2010-03-16 Thread Benjamin Cama
Hi everyone, Le mardi 16 mars 2010 à 17:32 +0100, Brian Durant a écrit : it became a community effort. Gnash and swfdec are both terrible and the only way that you can view You Tube in a browser. Ubuntu hasn't even bothered to include these in the default Karmic PPC install. An alternative

Re: Debian or ubuntu

2010-03-16 Thread nello martuscielli
On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 8:47 PM, Benjamin Cama ben...@free.fr wrote: BTW, the PPC platform is still kind of updated kernel-wise, as the macio libata driver landed in 2.6.33 thanks to benh. It allows to use the new ATA stack in the kernel, as the old one will disappear some day. I tested a

Re: Debian or ubuntu

2010-03-16 Thread Gary
nello wrote: ok, but what's about the bootloader? Is yaboot able to work with these new devices ? it shouldn't matter since it just attaches to an SATA controller. re the PPC kernel development, I did notice a lot of PPC 64-bit and SMP features marked as new or experimental when I compiled a

Re: Debian or ubuntu

2010-03-16 Thread Benjamin Cama
Le mercredi 17 mars 2010 à 01:10 +0100, nello martuscielli a écrit : On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 8:47 PM, Benjamin Cama ben...@free.fr wrote: BTW, the PPC platform is still kind of updated kernel-wise, as the macio libata driver landed in 2.6.33 thanks to benh. It allows to use the new ATA