Hi Harold,
Maybe you should consider a complete switch over to Ubuntu instead of
running MacOS/Ubuntu dual boot. I'd understand if you'd be hesitant to
make a full jump into Ubuntu if this is your only computer. If you can
experiment on this computer without losing important data, try running
one of the Ubuntu flavors only. Firefox for Linux is up-to-date with
every coding language. You'll probably find that LibreOffice in Ubuntu
runs faster than old versions of MS Office in MacOS.
Some will direct you towards Lubuntu, the LXDE flavor of Ubuntu. LXDE
requires a lot of terminal use (many functions aren't accessible through
the GUI). Maybe it'd be better to stay with xubuntu while learning
about Linux.
I've always wanted to run a PPC with an Ubuntu flavor, so perhaps I'm
just envious ;-)
Jordan
On 11/12/2016 08:32 AM, Harold Cheyney wrote:
<snip>
The computer, by the way, is an IMac G5 with Power PC processor,
vintage about 2005, which had become largely unusable due to the very
outdated Safari browser. Apple abandoned support about 5 years ago.
Other browsers available for this computer, such as firefox, are old
versions that do not function very well on today's internet either.
The old Safari does, however, function well enough on Youtube, which
Ubuntu does not. A friend who is a programmer helped me install
Ubuntu. He divided the hard drive into sectors with MacOS on one and
Ubuntu on the other.
Thanks for your help.
Harold
<snip>
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