Powerbook G4 400 Which Distro ?

[Nils Hoeller]

Hi

First of all: I used Google and so on ,
helping me only to find different kind of distros for
the book!

But now my question:

Which Distro should I prefer ?

Read about


Mandrake 10.1 (BUT Only Community ? Is that bad ? )
Fedora Core PPc
LinuxPPc
Yellow Dog
Ubuntu (Which I used on a PC)
Debian itself

The main question is:

Is there a Chance to get all things on the book working ?
Because I read about "not working Video Out Port"

Is Yellow Dog (Because of the Fact it s only for PPC)
the best Choice ?

Tell me your opinion plz

Thanks

Nils

[Michel Klijmij]

Post by Nils Hoeller
Mandrake 10.1 (BUT Only Community ? Is that bad ? )

On the one hand, support could be less than for the official versions.
On the other, the developers are probably easily reached for questions,
bugs, etc.

Post by Nils Hoeller
Fedora Core PPc

Still very beta, not trivial to install as far as I know.

Post by Nils Hoeller
LinuxPPc

Never tried it. Isn't that rather old?

Post by Nils Hoeller
Yellow Dog

If you like Fedora, you'll like YDL because it's based on Fedora.

Post by Nils Hoeller
Ubuntu (Which I used on a PC)

My personal favourite.

Post by Nils Hoeller
Debian itself

Don't need that if you have Ubuntu. Or you could always upgrade from
Ubuntu to Debian, but why?

Post by Nils Hoeller
Is there a Chance to get all things on the book working ?
Because I read about "not working Video Out Port"

Maybe, but I doubt there will be major differences between distros
because it's all based on Linux.

Post by Nils Hoeller
Is Yellow Dog (Because of the Fact it s only for PPC)
the best Choice ?

No. In my experience (and I have tried), it's slower and buggier than
other distributions. I have used and liked Mandrake 9.1, and still
consider Mandrake one of the best distributions around. But personally,
I prefer Ubuntu. It has a large and active community, plenty of
documentation, and it mostly just works. At some points it's better than
OS X IMO.

[Jon Cortelyou]

Ubuntu appear to be consensus pick for Apple hardware. I run it. It works
as well or better than Yellow Dog.

-Jon

Post by Michel Klijmij

Post by Nils Hoeller
Mandrake 10.1 (BUT Only Community ? Is that bad ? )

On the one hand, support could be less than for the official versions.
On the other, the developers are probably easily reached for questions,
bugs, etc.

Post by Nils Hoeller
Fedora Core PPc

Still very beta, not trivial to install as far as I know.

Post by Nils Hoeller
LinuxPPc

Never tried it. Isn't that rather old?

Post by Nils Hoeller
Yellow Dog

If you like Fedora, you'll like YDL because it's based on Fedora.

Post by Nils Hoeller
Ubuntu (Which I used on a PC)

My personal favourite.

Post by Nils Hoeller
Debian itself

Don't need that if you have Ubuntu. Or you could always upgrade from
Ubuntu to Debian, but why?

Post by Nils Hoeller
Is there a Chance to get all things on the book working ?
Because I read about "not working Video Out Port"

Maybe, but I doubt there will be major differences between distros
because it's all based on Linux.

Post by Nils Hoeller
Is Yellow Dog (Because of the Fact it s only for PPC)
the best Choice ?

No. In my experience (and I have tried), it's slower and buggier than
other distributions. I have used and liked Mandrake 9.1, and still
consider Mandrake one of the best distributions around. But personally,
I prefer Ubuntu. It has a large and active community, plenty of
documentation, and it mostly just works. At some points it's better than
OS X IMO.
--
Michel

[Keith Keller]

Post by Nils Hoeller
Which Distro should I prefer ?

This is a pretty religious question, in that you'll have lots of folks
suggesting one or the other, but not necessarily because one is better.
It's a personal decision, and I suggest you take any answers (including
my own) with many grains of salt.

Post by Nils Hoeller
Is Yellow Dog (Because of the Fact it s only for PPC)
the best Choice ?

YellowDog is basically RedHat rebranded and ported to PPC, so don't
consider that it's only for PPC.

My personal preference is CRUX-PPC, but it's more minimal than any of
the choices you listed.

--keith

[Nils Hoeller]

Post by Keith Keller
My personal preference is CRUX-PPC, but it's more minimal than any of
the choices you listed.

Is it uptodate?
I ll visit the page,
didn t mention it, because I only read once
about it.

Do you have it working on a Powerbook G4 400 or better ?

Thx anyway

Nils

[Keith Keller]

On 2005-02-16, Nils Hoeller <***@web.de> wrote:

[re: crux-ppc]

Post by Nils Hoeller
Is it uptodate?

It is for me! :)

Post by Nils Hoeller
Do you have it working on a Powerbook G4 400 or better ?

I only have it on a G3 700MHz iBook right now. I don't know any reason
it wouldn't work on a G4 400MHz.

--keith

[Brent]

I was in a similar situation -- UBUNTU! I didn't like YDL - was slower and
kind of buggy. Ubuntu works well on all of it, and the bits that didn't
quite work had a helpful BBS to get that part working.

Post by Nils Hoeller
Hi
First of all: I used Google and so on ,
helping me only to find different kind of distros for
the book!
Which Distro should I prefer ?
Read about
Mandrake 10.1 (BUT Only Community ? Is that bad ? )
Fedora Core PPc
LinuxPPc
Yellow Dog
Ubuntu (Which I used on a PC)
Debian itself
Is there a Chance to get all things on the book working ?
Because I read about "not working Video Out Port"
Is Yellow Dog (Because of the Fact it s only for PPC)
the best Choice ?
Tell me your opinion plz
Thanks
Nils

[Nils Hoeller]

Post by Brent
I was in a similar situation -- UBUNTU! I didn't like YDL - was slower and
kind of buggy. Ubuntu works well on all of it, and the bits that didn't
quite work had a helpful BBS to get that part working.

Thx at all for the answers,

i think i ll first try UBUNTU.
I like DEBIAN and GNOME so that ll be the best choice.

Anyway do you have a url for any help
concerning UNUNTU on a Powerbook G4 400 ?

Does the Video Out work on yours ?

What about the Sleep Mode, because
YLD ist not saying in 4.0.1 Sleep mode
is working !!

Greets Nils

[I R A Darth Aggie]

On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 08:24:20 +0100,

+ Anyway do you have a url for any help
+ concerning UNUNTU on a Powerbook G4 400 ?

Stick this in google (exactly as is):

ubuntu PPC "powerbook g4"

I get 494 hits.

You might want to start here, tho:

http://ubuntuforums.org/forumdisplay.php?f=9

James

[Brent]

Post by Nils Hoeller

Post by Brent
I was in a similar situation -- UBUNTU! I didn't like YDL - was slower and
kind of buggy. Ubuntu works well on all of it, and the bits that didn't
quite work had a helpful BBS to get that part working.

Thx at all for the answers,
i think i ll first try UBUNTU.
I like DEBIAN and GNOME so that ll be the best choice.
Anyway do you have a url for any help
concerning UNUNTU on a Powerbook G4 400 ?
Does the Video Out work on yours ?
What about the Sleep Mode, because
YLD ist not saying in 4.0.1 Sleep mode
is working !!

I have a G3 Pismo - my suggestion is to get the distro and try it. It
doesn't cost a thing except the CD-R you have to burn the ISO image to - so
you can experiment and play.

It sleeps when I close it, and starts back up when I open it. I haven't
tried video out.

I will tell you again - less analysis - more Linux! You have nothing to
lose except the current contents of your HD.