Re: Newbie trying to install Debian PPC into an old 15" PowerBook G4...
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> > >> OK, I went back to Debian's net-installer. I installed into the ext4
> > >> partition that was made by Ubuntu's installer. Everything went good from
> > >> here. I was able to boot up Debian (froze at its text login screen
> > >> though) and Mac OS X. Now, I need to install X and all that GUI stuff.
> > >> ;)
> > >
> > > 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? :(
> > >
> >
> > As I remember, there is software components selection during Debian net
> > install. I recomend you select lxde desktop during installation.
>
> Hmm, I don't remember debian-8.7.1-powerpc-netinst.iso's text based
> installer asking me which desktop manager or anything to download and
> install. It only installed the base stuff. I will have to try again. :(
So, I just retried. It never asks me what to install with this net
installer. After installing the base system, then I saw that
customization of additional packages. Weird. I wonder why I didn't get
those before.
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