<div>Hello my Xubuntu-lovin' nerdy birds,</div> <div> </div> <div>It's been months since I fired up my Ubuntu-runnin' Apple Powerbook G3 (yes, it's an old one -- a Wallstreet II), and today -- after hours of stripping down this beautiful machine and installing a new PRAM battery at the bottom of the heap -- I'm ready to give Xubuntu another go.  I'd been running Ubuntu without a GUI for awhile, partially out of a desire to learn the CLI and partially to torture myself, I suppose; now, I'm ready to see if I can install Xubuntu without too many hiccups.  (I had some before: read my previous email, attached below.) </div> <div> </div> <div>So I've simply logged in to my Ubuntu system and ran the following command: 'sudo apt-get install xubuntu-desktop'.  I must have added the correct repositories months ago, because the installation is in progress and it looks good so far.  I'll let you know how it goes. </div> <div> </div> <div>Thanks for developing on this wonderful concept; there are still old systems like mine that deserve to be running modern operating systems, and some of us cannot afford those new Powerbooks!</div> <div> </div> <div>Sincerely,</div> <div>Nerdy bird Harold</div> <div>SomethingThatHappened.com</div><br><br> <div><span class="gmail_quote">On 3/7/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Harold Johnson</b> <<a href="mailto:harold.johnson@gmail.com">harold.johnson@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid"> <div style="DIRECTION: ltr"> <div>Hello my Xubuntu-lovin' nerdy birds,</div> <div> </div> <div>It's been months since I fired up my Ubuntu-runnin' Apple Powerbook G3 (yes, it's an old one -- a Wallstreet II), and today -- after hours of stripping down this beautiful machine and installing a new PRAM battery at the bottom of the heap -- I'm ready to give Xubuntu another go.  I'd been running Ubuntu without a GUI for awhile, partially out of a desire to learn the CLI and partially to torture myself, I suppose; now, I'm ready to see if I can install Xubuntu without too many hiccups.  (I had some before: read my previous email, attached below.) </div> <div> </div> <div>So I've simply logged in to my Ubuntu system and ran the following command: 'sudo apt-get install xubuntu-desktop'.  I must have added the correct repositories months ago, because the installation is in progress and it looks good so far.  I'll let you know how it goes. </div> <div> </div> <div>Thanks for developing on this wonderful concept; there are still old systems like mine that deserve to be running modern operating systems, and some of us cannot afford those new Powerbooks!</div> <div> </div> <div>Sincerely,</div> <div>Nerdy bird Harold</div> <div>SomethingThatHappened.com<br><br> </div></div> <div style="DIRECTION: ltr"><span class="e" id="q_109d71948882f3f3_1"> <div><span class="gmail_quote">On 10/30/05, <b class="gmail_sendername">Harold Johnson</b> <<a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:harold.johnson@gmail.com" target="_blank">harold.johnson@gmail.com </a>> wrote:</span> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid"> <div style="DIRECTION: ltr">I'm actually very apprehensive about installing any <span name="st">Xubuntu</span> or any other X-Windowed system right now; I recently upgraded from Hoary to Breezy and it set me back about a week.  A big part of my problem had to do with my installation method; I'm running a very old Mac Powerbook G3 without a CD-ROM drive and have to go through a strenous process in order to get Ubuntu (or any operating system) on my machine.  (Basically, I have to network the computer to another Mac which has a CD-ROM drive.  Yet the other Mac rarely recognizes any CD inserted to its drive; even when it does recognize the CD, I don't know it because I don't have a monitor for the Mac.  So my installation is a long and drawn-out process of reboots and crossed fingers until a CD image finally appears on my Powerbook's desktop.) <br><br>After my last installation of Ubuntu Server, I installed <span name="st">Xubuntu</span> (and, I believe, fluxbox) and after rebooting found I couldn't see...well, anything.  It seemed to have darkened my display.  I couldn't log in because I didn't have an IP address (nor the ssh server started), so I eventually had to go through the installation process again.  Someone in #ubuntu told me it appeared I had a hardware problem, and maybe they're right - my hardware is, after all, an older Mac.  Yet Ubuntu Hoary worked just find on this old Mac, and Breezy appears to be good (without X-windows or any other GUI).  So I'm currently using the CLI, and I don't mind it (though I'm still considering going the <span name="st">Xubuntu</span> route once a theme is developed).<br><br><span name="st">Harold</span> J. Johnson<br>VoyagerRadio<br><a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://voyagerradio.com/" target="_blank"> http://voyagerradio.com</a></div> <div style="DIRECTION: ltr"><span><br><br> <div><span class="gmail_quote">On 10/29/05, <b class="gmail_sendername">j Mak</b> <<a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:joz_mak@yahoo.ca" target="_blank">joz_mak@yahoo.ca</a>> wrote: </span> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid">Nothing significant. A stupid oversight on my part.<br><br>J. Mak<br><br><br>--- "Dott. Giovanni Bonenti" < <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:gbonenti@missive.it" target="_blank">gbonenti@missive.it</a>><br>wrote:<br><br>> j Mak ha scritto:<br>> > SOLVED<br>> ><br>><br>> How? <br>><br>> Giovanni<br>> --<br>> Dott. 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