g4 powerbook and ubuntu

Martin Pitt martin.pitt at canonical.com
Tue Oct 12 21:44:20 UTC 2004


Hi!

Dale Kosan [2004-10-12 17:22 -0400]:
> I would like to dual boot Ubuntu and OSX, I have Yellowdog installed 
> now, how hard is the PPC install and what can I expect hardware wise? I 
> know the Airport Extreme will most likely not work but what about 

Right, there is currently no Linux driver for this WiFi card (not
restricted to Ubuntu).

> sound, ethernet, video and USB? The g4 in question is about 6 months 
> old if that helps...

All of it works fantastic on my iBook G4 (including hardware 3D
acceleration, Radeon 9200), Ubuntu installs it right out of the box.
Even power management works great, I get about 4 to 5 hours of battery
life.

Enjoy!

Martin
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