PPC Ubuntu Linux first impressions

From: Jon Cortelyou (jcortel_at_notsxpamno.hotmail.com)
Date: 10/20/04

  • Next message: Michel Klijmij: "Re: PPC Ubuntu Linux first impressions" 
    Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2004 06:48:21 GMT

    I have an 600 MHz iBook 'dual USB' with 256 MB of memory and a DVD-ROM
    drive.
    http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=43091

    Ok, Ubuntu installed off the CD created via the v4.10 RC .iso image. It also
    updated itself via the Internet as part of the second phase of the install
    without a problem.

    It booted first try to a very clean looking Gnome GUI again without a
    problem. Mozilla Firefox v0.92 worked like a charm. Various other standard
    Linux utils worked fine as well.

    Problems:
    I did find was that video DVDs would not play at all with their DVD player
    Totem. Neither would audio CDs with any of the audio playing programs that
    were installed. However the CD player did detect the CD and the displayed
    the correct album title song list for the CD.

    I ripped a few songs off of a Pearl Jam CD and it took an almost an hour to
    rip one song to .ogg format. Oddly when it was ripping the CPU utilization
    was only 20%. Maybe the CD-ROM IDE I/O is misconfigured or unoptimized?
    That's a guess. I played the newly ripped .ogg Pearl Jam song and it played
    but very, very choppy over the iBook's speakers. Again CPU utilization was
    about 10%.

    I also noticed that it detected my Airport card in the iBook during the
    install process but once it fully booted up the Airport did not appear in
    the network devices list. However, I didn't try fiddling with the airport
    card since I do not have wireless Internet access at home to test it with.
    All in all though I'm impress with such a good effort for a PPC build of
    Linux! A hearty pat on the back to the devs out there making Ubuntu a
    reality!

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