Debian + The New PowerBook G4s

["Matthew T. Atkinson" <matthew@agrip.org.uk>]

'ello,

I am trying to justify buying a new PowerBook G4 (1.5GHz) over a far
cheaper x86 laptop.  I'm buying it for my final year at University (I
use a laptop in lectures because I'm visually impaired and also my
project requires me to be able to work in a number of places where
desktops may not be available).  It'll be my only computer whilst I'm
there.

This post is really aimed at the Debian PPC users.  I was wondering if:

* Debian (Sarge/Sid at the current time) works on this PowerBook (I'd be
going for the 15'' model).
* There are any known limitations with Debian on this Machine.
* What hardware does/doesn't work -- e.g. Gigabit Ethernet, Wireless
Ethernet, FireWire 800, Audio, Graphics (ATi Radeon 9700 Mobile).
* Have there been any production issues like there were in the past
(blotch screens, loose catches)?  I've not found mention of any so far
but I never owned a Mac and am not sure which are the best sites to look
at for information like this.

Thanks in advance for any advice/information you may have; it's greatly
appreciated.

bye just now,


-- 
Matthew T. Atkinson <matthew@agrip.org.uk>