Adventure #1 with a G4

[Ian Baber]

let me preface this by saying that I'm certainly not an expert on this.
however, I'm fairly certain that wine will only work on x86 systems because it 
isn't an emulator (wine: Wine Isn't an Emulator)
--Ian

On Wednesday 14 September 2005 11:54, Mathewson wrote:
> I am installing Kubuntu 5.10 preview on the 2nd hard disk
> of my 2003 Mirror Door G4
> (1 GB RAM, dusor) - this disk is a slave of IDE1
> (I have 4 hard disks in my G4).
>
> I am trying Kubuntu first (rather than Ubuntu 5.10) because
> of my rather negative experience
> with Kub 5.10 on my Mac-Mini.
>
> I am looking for the following features:
>
> i. a working sound system,
>
> ii. a GUI that loads,
>
> iii. no "jolly" purple screen
>
> iv. NO ADVERSE EFFECTS UPON MY MAC OS 10.4.2 INSTALL ON THE
> MASTER HARD DISK !!!
>
> chose the 'Desktop' guided partition
>
> chose the Linux-powerpc kernel
>
> RESULTS:
>
> On first reboot got the "Ubuntu Configuration" screen (as
> opposed to the purple one
> with the Mac-Mini).
>
> YES: a full-blown Kubuntu 5.10 - super!
>
> Grumble #1  Kynaptic won't accept either my user password
> ("z') or my root password ("y")
>
> Grumble #2  Nor will any part of the system tools that
> require admin access.
>
> Tomorrow I shall try and build WINE.
>
> sincerely, Richmond Mathewson
>
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