Imac Plus Xubuntu Internet Puzzle

[Brian McKee]

On Monday 10 July 2006 19:03, Liam Proven wrote:
> On 7/10/06, Irena and Richard Jenkins <richard.jenkins at internode.on.net> 
wrote:
> > Hello everybody ... and apologies if this has been covered before.  I
> > have installed Xubuntu (6.06) on my 350 MHz iMac ... and it went well.  I
> > like the modern, smart graphics ... and the snappy response times.  It
> > seems like the ideal OS for this old warrior.
> >
> > However, it does not seem to find the internal modem ... and so I cannot
> > connect to the internet.  I tried the documentation ... but no-one uses
> > dialup internet any more  ... so the documentation doesn't help.  I tried
> > looking at /var/log/dmesg ... but can find no reference to modem.  I know
> > it works (with other linux distributions) ... so what's missing..??

It's an internal USB modem - so the dev entry I used back when I ran Yellow
Dog on a similar machine was odd but as I recall it worked.  Maybe there's a
clue on their website?  Sorry I can't be of much help.   Maybe something will
turn up if you explore the USB tree.

>
> Although I have fairly extensive Mac experience going back 18y, I have
> never tried Linux on one. With OS X, I see no point, frankly.

I've run various Macs starting with an SE up to my current G5, and I _can_ 
see the point, frankly... OSX is a wonderful OS, but it's hardly the perfect 
solution for every computing problem.  e.g. Fink et al are a headache
at times, just to get out of date packages.  Many/If there are linux utilites
you want, then running them under OSX is often either a hack or a pain.

> You ask what other OS for an old iMac. It will run much more sweetly
> under OS X, if you can give it the memory. You need 256MB for very
> light use, 384MB or so for moderate use, and it will perform very
> nicely on a 350MHz G3.

Old iMacs (at least the 350MHz variety IIRC) use lowprofile laptop style 
oddball ram.
That much ram is worth about 10 times what the machine is worth.
And it will run much quicker in Xubuntu - although it won't be anywhere near 
as pretty :-)

HTH
Brian

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