Ubuntu PPC 4.10 Installed on new Mac Mini

[Eric Dunbar]

> > plus, Linux is still a pretty new OS... it's coming
> > along nicely (two years ago I couldn't get into it... now it's easy
> > enough that even I can figure things out).
> 
> Yes, it's improving very very rapidly indeed. I am very curious to see
> just how much more it will improve over 2005.
> If it keeps improving at this pace, and if "Longhorn", doesn't hit the
> market before mid 2006, chances are that Longhorn will arrive too late,
> Bill won't sell as many copies as Win XP. If it hits the market after
> 2006, then he may as well not release it, as penguins will have ruled
> the world already by then ! :o)))

Even if it were released today I don't think it'll make a big
difference. Linux is coming into its own, and, the biggest challenges
facing the Linux world (IMO) are having a standardised app installer
paradigm, having a polished and flawless GUI and having _one_ stable
and _predictable_ platform for which to develop for a few years (the
Windows world does have an edge on that one... even now Win NT 4.0
installations exist everywhere around the world and they're all pretty
much the same). App quality will inevitably follow.

> About the instability of Wart on my machine, reading this list, it
> gather that I am the only one to epxerience this. The most common

Chances are others experience it too but they choose to forget about
it lest it taint their perception of Linxu ;P Though, admittedly,
Ubuntu has been damn stable for me (not _quite_ as stable as OS X
(which simply doesn't crash anymore) but stunning nonetheless given
that it is free (as in $$$)).

> > I have run into a grand total of one kernel seg fault, it was my fault and....
> 
> Well, I don't want to take the risk of using a development version, I
> can't afford to lose data or anything, should an important module/bit of
> software go wrong ! :-O
> Updating every 6 month suits me just fine. More often than that, would
> not suit me. I need my machine to work, I like to install things once,
> then leave them alone and use them, not fight with them and re-install
> everything every week-end (or every morning with apt ! ;o).
> Also, re-installing the system ius a major cause of stress for me, as I

Ok, in that case Hoary might not be for you ;P (though, I have yet to
have to reinstall the system).

> Also, when I upgrade to Hoary, since Gnome and all the programs will be
> newer, maybe the hidden configuration files/folder in /home/~ won't be
> compatible with Warty's versions, which means I will have to REALLY
> re-install/reconfigure all my programs !!! :o(((((((((

Since I haven't had to reconfigure stuff I imagine that an "official"
upgrade to Hoary may also absolve you of the need to reconfigure .conf
files.

Eric.