Re: Newbie trying to install Debian PPC into an old 15" PowerBook G4...
On Mon, Mar 06, 2017 at 10:53:01AM -0500, Lennart Sorensen wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 05, 2017 at 11:37:36PM -0800, PhiLLip Pi wrote:
> > Hmm, I must be blind. I can't seem to find any X11, XFree86, Xwhatever,
> > etc. packages for GUI stuff. Also, is this net installer really limited
> > compared to regular Debian installer for 64-bit non-Mac PCs? Am I
> > expecting too much from an old PowerBook G4? :(
>
> X11 is called xorg.
Interesting. apt didn't find any. I am using the default
/etc/apt/sources.list. I noticed it commented out the servers so I had
to remove them so it could find the servers.
>
> Could try 'tasksel' to select graphical desktop install.
> Or install task-xfce-desktop or similar.
OK, I will try those later.
> The netinstall will have access to everything in debian over the internet.
Yeah, that was what I was expecting too and updated compared to full ISO
files.
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