Testing Vivid PPC liveDVD on G4 Sawtooth

[johanes hutapea]

i also geared with ibook g4. but, it is a mid 2005 version, with only 1GB ddr1 ram. it works fine with 14.04.1 LTS version.

but the ibook is no more than just a cloud storage and a simple internet router.

 Fritz Hudnut <este.el.paz at gmail.com> wrote:

>@IA:Thanksforthereply,yes,LXDEshouldworkasXFCEisdoingfine. Gettingthemachineupto2GBRAMseemstohavebeenverygoodforincreasingfunctionality. Iwillgetaroundtolookingattheformaltestingusingitasfaraslistingthespecsofit...butthatcouldbeashortlistorlongerdependingonwhoisasking. Whatspecswouldyoubewantingtoknow? FOnMon,Mar23,2015at3:30AM,IstimsakAbdulbasirsaqman2060 at gmail.comwrote:LXDEshouldworkfinewitha450MHzCPU.Wontbebleedingedgebutoperational.DoyouknowthespecsofyourAGP?YoushoulddefinitelylistyourPCspecswhentesting.ThemorehardwareUbuntucanbetestedonthebetteragileitbecomes.OnMar22,20158:57PM,FritzHudnuteste.el.paz at gmail.comwrote:Folks/PPCtestingteam:Juststayingintouch,makingthisinformalreportfornow. ThelastcoupleofmonthsIvebeenrevivingmywifesoldPowerMacG4Sawtooth...newHD,newscreen,andyesterdayIreplacedtheoldopticaldrivethatonlybootedCDswithonethatwillbootDVDs...addedsomeRAM. ThenbootedupacopyofU-MATEPPC,nobootparams...andseveralminuteslaterIwasintoagoodresdesktopandstuffworked. IthentriedaFeb6???isoofVividPPCthatIbelievebootedwiththeagpparamsOKinmyiBook...andweslowly(450MHzprocessor)gottoadesktopwiththeLubackgroundsymbol...butkindofroughresimages,andjustthetrashcanandinstalliconsonthedesktop...iconIDwordswerenotread-ableandtheLXDElauncherappletneverappeared. WhileIwastryingtofigureouthowtosetthesystemtimeitseemedlikethesystemandmyscreenwenttosleep...screenwentblackandthepowerbuttonturnedorangefromitsactiveblue. Couldnotrevivethesituation...shutdownwiththepowerbutton.RebootedtheMATEDVDtoseeifitwouldwork,andonceagainafterquitesometimeonthesplashwindow...backintoaworkingliveDVD. So,thisisanewmachineforme,haventdoneabunchoflinuxinstallsonittoknowwhetherornotwhatbootparamswouldbeneeded;coincidentallyornotithappenstobetheAGPSawtoothmodel. AmonthorsobackIhadaCDwithXu12.04thatIwasabletobootandinstallfromtheoldopticaldrive,nobootparamsneededforthat,verysimpleinstall. Iwouldstaywith12but,asweknowitwillsoonbeunsupported...willprobablyjustgoto14.04foritanyway,butdoesseemliketheremightbesomethingelseIneedfor15onthis00modelmachine. 12doesntofferaworkingsuspendatthistime,perhapsnowthatIhave2GBRAMImighttrytoexpandtheswapandseeifthathelpstheabilitytosuspendwithoutshuttingdowntorevive....ThatsthelatestinmyPPCtestingefforts,prettysurethisunitwillnotbeontheqalist,butIdoplanonrunningitforawhilesotheremaybetimetoteststuffoutformallyonit.F --Lubuntu-usersmailinglistLubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.comModifysettingsorunsubscribeat:https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users
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