tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327445147317079821.post6911609416028036312..comments2024-02-27T11:08:45.499-08:00Comments on PowerPC Liberation: Debian: Unrelenting Qualityzenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01006273801333641372noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327445147317079821.post-12654323154151481112014-11-29T12:05:40.265-08:002014-11-29T12:05:40.265-08:00Add the following lines to /etc/modules and reboot...Add the following lines to /etc/modules and reboot:<br /><br />i2c-dev<br />snd_aoa_i2sbus<br />snd_aoa_fabric_layout<br />snd_aoa_codec_tas<br />snd_aoa_codec_onyx<br />Arinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327445147317079821.post-52712766666751571812014-08-11T07:51:38.601-07:002014-08-11T07:51:38.601-07:00@Luigi: I had the same audio problem with my G5 Qu...@Luigi: I had the same audio problem with my G5 Quad. You need to disable a sound module and enable another one. A bit of googling will give you the answer. If you don't find it later, I'll dig that out for you.<br /><br />@All: Now I'm running Debian on my G5 Quad with 8GB of ECC RAM. It runs so smoothly and boots using less than 200MB of RAM. My Quadro is also working fine.blaBblahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17695191206756216196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327445147317079821.post-3355993433735950082014-06-20T03:34:34.506-07:002014-06-20T03:34:34.506-07:00Hey guys i have installed Debian Wheezy on my G5 Q...Hey guys i have installed Debian Wheezy on my G5 Quad and i dont have audio any tips? <br />PS:On Lubuntu I have a RadeonHD 4450 on G5 full working :) <br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zp_IvG7h5_0Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01495524271199737973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327445147317079821.post-29058163958904941312014-01-20T14:32:35.293-08:002014-01-20T14:32:35.293-08:00More.
If VLC player is invoked for watching Youtub...More.<br />If VLC player is invoked for watching Youtube vids I can even run some (although only certain) 720p very smoothly without frame loss, almost as good as they play on my dual G5 with OS X and cpu monitor on this G4 shows less than 60 percent system load, allowing other tasks such checking and replying mails while the video is running. I can't figure out why I've been far from Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07380895582780746866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327445147317079821.post-79906456577390279892014-01-12T14:13:05.396-08:002014-01-12T14:13:05.396-08:00I'm running Debian 7 Lxde on my Dual G4 since...I'm running Debian 7 Lxde on my Dual G4 since only two days but I can see I really love it. Every thing works very nice and smooth, no problem watching YouTube videos with the extension "watch video without Flash" installed. Debian Lxde flyes on this machine, plenty of features and a very snappy desktop. This old machine is very usable, I'm still astonished about how many Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07380895582780746866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327445147317079821.post-72076120898650513242013-10-01T13:21:34.932-07:002013-10-01T13:21:34.932-07:00I got Lubuntu 12.04 running on my Quicksilver 2001...I got Lubuntu 12.04 running on my Quicksilver 2001 (G4 733MHz.) Ubuntu was my 1st Linux and so Lubuntu w/ its light desktop seemed perfect for this old beast. Thanks to your install guide post, it's back alive running 12.04. But now with this post, I'm considering going Debian 7 on it. Will there be a noticeable improvement in performance? Being a relative Linux noob (but very comfortableAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09960484060248705904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327445147317079821.post-86483135996161927642013-09-14T19:02:02.385-07:002013-09-14T19:02:02.385-07:00I've tried numerous OS's on my ibook G3: U...I've tried numerous OS's on my ibook G3: Ubuntu, Lubuntu, MintPPC, Debian 5,6, and some odd ones. Debian 7 LXDE works the best! No Xorg problems, sound worked and by far, it is faster than the other OS's on this machine. Give Debian7 LXDE a try if you have old machinery. You'll be surprised! It works well on PCs too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327445147317079821.post-41306781231533473102013-07-10T10:32:01.372-07:002013-07-10T10:32:01.372-07:00I don't understand the point of running a more...I don't understand the point of running a more bloated GUI no matter how powerful the hardware. Any KDE or GNOME based app I have ever run is Debian or Lubuntu always works perfectly in LXDE.<br /><br />Even if you have a quad G5 you're still sacrificing performance to run KDE, GNOME or XFCE. I always use LXDE mostly and Fluxbox for a change of pace. <br /><br />Bloated eye candy rich zenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01006273801333641372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327445147317079821.post-42269448159072460362013-07-07T05:29:50.717-07:002013-07-07T05:29:50.717-07:00Tried Debian stable with XFCE and Gnome 3.Since I ...Tried Debian stable with XFCE and Gnome 3.Since I am used to gnome I liked it, but even in the quad g5/2Gb/7800Gt I noticed some "slowdown".<br />This tweak helped it:<br />https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GNOME_Tips#Speed_Tweak<br /><br />I guess this is somehow an "issue" with version 3.4.X of gnome, newer versions seem to be much faster.<br />Other than that the skinniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07578969743249878502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327445147317079821.post-7974699636893618122013-06-26T07:48:47.788-07:002013-06-26T07:48:47.788-07:00I forgot to add that there are currently 35,121 Po...I forgot to add that there are currently 35,121 PowerPC packages available in Synaptic on Debian stable. There is obviously no shortage of software available for Debian PowerPC. zenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01006273801333641372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327445147317079821.post-72586822217116906952013-06-25T07:43:55.330-07:002013-06-25T07:43:55.330-07:00At the moment I am running Debian stable and testi...At the moment I am running Debian stable and testing on the same system. Lubuntu is getting less support on the PowerPC end these days so I am moving to Debian. I have been using Debian all along next to Lubuntu but only really writing about Lubuntu.<br /><br />Debian fully supports PowerPC as equally as x86 at the OS and default package level. People who claim PowerPC Linux is worse cannot zenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01006273801333641372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327445147317079821.post-11299503310000758322013-06-24T15:01:27.611-07:002013-06-24T15:01:27.611-07:00Zen what are your favourite distro for the everyda...Zen what are your favourite distro for the everyday computing?Still lubuntu?<br />I installed it today on a friends EEE pc and was very surprised!<br />keep on sharing you knowledge and and power linux force =)skinniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07578969743249878502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327445147317079821.post-88147909757696000702013-06-22T16:32:49.475-07:002013-06-22T16:32:49.475-07:00Debian has less stuff pre-configured. Less audio ...Debian has less stuff pre-configured. Less audio codec/drivers is one example.<br /><br />Lubuntu and all the Ubuntu's are made with Debian at the heart so the real thing can't possibly be "worse". It's simply less pre-configured.<br /><br />The Debian irc channel is a great place for help or you can be more specific and I can try to help you. Dan the Luddite is a good zenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01006273801333641372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327445147317079821.post-80835197776764455822013-06-22T15:24:56.198-07:002013-06-22T15:24:56.198-07:00Done, just install debian 7 on my powerbook, it se...Done, just install debian 7 on my powerbook, it seems that at first it works a bit worse out of the box than Lubuntu 12.04... lets give it a try!Alberto Mihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01330197018321198129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327445147317079821.post-77429695097639200712013-06-21T13:35:44.538-07:002013-06-21T13:35:44.538-07:00Last time I used KDE (via Kubuntu) it used about 2...Last time I used KDE (via Kubuntu) it used about 280-304 MB after login. I'm just not a KDE fan and never will be. I like lean and light GUI. Always will. LXDE and Fluxbox have been my preference in recent years for both BSD and Linux. It used to be GNOME but not since 3 came out. I hate GNOME 3 as much and any I have ever used.<br /><br />You should really consider upgrading to 7 zenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01006273801333641372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327445147317079821.post-19071905492158433352013-06-19T22:07:28.819-07:002013-06-19T22:07:28.819-07:00Same as Logout, thanks for writing a bit more abou...Same as Logout, thanks for writing a bit more about Linux distros. It seems that you are going to talk a bit more about Linux in Powerpc machines in the future. It might be awesome if guys can talk a bit more about compatible Linux programs in powerpc and what are the alternates in case PPC platform is not supported i.e. Skype etc... Thank you guy for sharing all this interesting info.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com