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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>Thanks Brian,<br><br>I read through that information and then the comments as well found in the following link you sent.<br><br>http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/debian-linux-7-wheezy-install-flash-player/<br><br>I noted comment number 10 and 12. Comment 10 states: 'there may possibly be no backports for PowerPC'. Comment 12 states: You can use ftp or http. The package is available only for i386 and amd64.<----That is some cause for concern. <br><br>I just spent the last few hours starting to try to understand about 4 pages in the Gentoo installation manual for PowerPC referenced in the following link. <br><br>http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-ppc64.xml?part=1&chap=1<br><br>Perhaps it's time for me to consider Debian more seriously for this Mac truly it seems a little easier to setup for someone with little or no experience such as me with linux. <br><br>Obviously the thought of getting 15 or maybe 20 years out of something like Gentoo has it's reward's and is worth reading more. <br><br>Thanks,<br><br><br><br><div>> Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 21:38:30 -0500<br>> From: kc0iog@gmail.com<br>> To: tclug-list@mn-linux.org<br>> Subject: Re: [tclug-list] Will GNU/Linux work with a MAC?<br>> <br>> \On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 7:13 PM, paul g <pj.world@hotmail.com> wrote:<br>> > The thing that is upsetting for me is that Gnome 3 is preinstalled on Debian<br>> > Wheezy, I do not like Gnome 3. I have used Debian Wheezy a little bit with a<br>> > Sony Viao Laptop I own [it's currently installed on that pc] as of now.<br>> > Initally after installation I struggled with Adobe-flashplayer under<br>> > iceweasel. Still Adobe-flashplayer is not installed under iceweasel. Can't<br>> > login to hotmail or gmail with iceweasel. I have been told that Google<br>> > Chrome will support flash on Wheezy. I have not tried it personally yet.<br>> <br>> There are ISOs for Wheezy using the XFCE desktop. I dropped Gnome a<br>> few years ago and haven't looked back.<br>> <br>> 64 bit: http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/7.4.0/amd64/iso-cd/debian-7.4.0-amd64-xfce-CD-1.iso<br>> 32 bit: http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/7.4.0/i386/iso-cd/debian-7.4.0-i386-xfce-CD-1.iso<br>> PPC: http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/7.4.0/powerpc/iso-cd/debian-7.4.0-powerpc-xfce-CD-1.iso<br>> <br>> I think you'll find XFCE simple, lightweight, and fast. Much closer<br>> to what you're used to with Gnome 2.<br>> <br>> Flash does work on Wheezy. You need to add the non-free repo, here's<br>> a good walkthrough:<br>> http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/debian-linux-7-wheezy-install-flash-player/<br>> <br>> I use flash on my Wheezy box (amd64) without issues. It does seem to<br>> work better in Chrome than iceweasel.<br>> <br>> Brian<br>> _______________________________________________<br>> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota<br>> tclug-list@mn-linux.org<br>> http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list<br></div> </div></body>
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