Re: Debian on a new iBook G4 14" ?
Tamas K Papp a écrit :
>On Wed, Nov 02, 2005 at 01:40:22AM +0100, Felix C. Stegerman wrote:
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>>Hi,
>>
>>My x86 laptop recently broke, and now I'm looking for a suitable
>>replacement.
>>
>>I've been running Debian on my mac mini for over three months now,
>>and I'm very happy. Especially because of the peace & quiet ;-)
>>(and yes, macs just look good too, just like my iPod)
>>
>>So I'm considering buying an iBook on which to run Debian or Ubuntu.
>>I already know how to use Debian on PPC (well, on a mac mini anyway).
>>
>>I was just wondering whether anyone on this list has any experiences
>>with Debian on an iBook, and whether there are any important caveats.
>>I already know that Airport Extreme won't work (anytime soon).
>>
>>
>
>Felix,
>
>I am using debian on an 2004 Powerbook, but the things mentioned below
>apply to ibooks as well.
>
>The debian maintaners, kernel programmers and others devote a lot time
>and effort to get things working decently. However, this community is
>much smaller than the x86 developer base, some of the things just
>haven't reached critical mass and now (with Apple switching to Intel)
>I don't think they ever will. x86 linux users can frequently grab
>windows dlls and codecs to get things working, and have access to
>closed source software with precompiled binaries. Very few of these
>bother to maintain linux-ppc binaries. So
>
>1) some binary-only java environment's won't work,
>
>2) you won't be able to play quicktime movies (except via mol), other
>binary only codecs might be missing
>
>3) programs like skype (which have no linux-ppc binary) won't work.
>
>4) some hardware won't work (eg Airport Extreme,
>
Airport Extreme works fine under linux (debian testing) and Mol.
check : http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-365647.html
koh
>though that's not
>much of a loss, it has poor reception anyway), at least you have to
>wait until kernel developers figure out the latest Apple design
>quirks.
>
>I suggest that you consider an x86 laptop if you can't live with the
>limitations above.
>
>Tamas
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