Kubuntu 8.10 for PPC Users

[Steven Vollom]

Irena & Richard Jenkins wrote:
> On this G5 Macintosh, I have installed 8.04.1 (from the cdimage website).  it 
> is already 12 months old ... but i have kept it up to date with the package 
> manager.  
>
> Now ... bearing in mind that to upgrade to hardy heron, I would have to 
> collect and install a server edition of ubuntu and then 
> install  'kubuntu-desktop' ... is the upgrade worth bothering with??  One or 
> two programs I use are a little dated (e.g. fldigi)  ... but the system seems 
> stable and I am enjoying the Kubuntu experience.
>
> Or should I wait until the release of 9.04 ... and any bugs are worked 
> through.
>
> Thanks..
>
> Richard
>   
Please do not consider my comments too much.  I am inexperienced.  I do 
have a lot of experience with Jaunty, though.  I had to use it because 
of the components on my motherboard or not have a kubuntu system that 
worked.  Anyway, I have been using Jaunty through the Alpha and now Beta 
experience.  At least on my machine, it works better than anything 
before.  It is incredible compared to what you are considering.

My new motherboard has an nVidia 780a chip.  Onboard sound is nVidia 
Gforce 8400 and my Graphic card is an nVidia 9600 Gforce.  Also I have 
8gb of ram, which confuses the older OS's.  Nonetheless, the new Jaunty 
is unbelievable.  Router and networking were set up without my 
participation.  Boot and use.  Kmail which would not install in Intrepid 
asked two questions, what are my pop and smtp addresses.  When I clicked 
Ok, I could send and receive emails.  The default video worked 
beautifully, however I read that the proper driver for my system was the 
180.37 driver, so I simply went to hardware, clicked on the 180.37 
driver entry and clicked OK.  That was the end of that.  My video 
improved so much it was shocking, and I already thought the default 
settings were good.  One click and the BIOS was upgraded.  I have been 
working with an almost perfect system.  I am sure the final release will 
be better, but the current status of Jaunty is better than I have 
experienced all the way back to Feisty and all their stable versions.

In my opinion I would consider waiting for the stable Jaunty.  It offers 
just too much in the way of benefits.  I might even consider selling my 
Microsoft stock even at a low.  I have heard that Jaunty may be 100% GUI 
by stable release.  While I am still learning the shell, and will 
continue, it will be nice for people who have only experienced Windows 
to change to a system not riddled with security problems, adware, and 
virus' with greater features and faster operation.  Since my system is 
unusual to most systems, I may have just been fortunate, so I don't 
necessarily recommend changing now.  30 days is not too long a wait for 
something so improved.

Steven