<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>One thing to keep in mind is PPC has been out of production for a decade. You want a currently developed platform to work on a 10-year old (at the newest) architecture. </div><div><br></div><div>Good luck. Just because the OS supports something the software developer of your packages needs to spend the time and money to develop for it as well - that's a hard sell. </div><div><br></div><div>I don't support browsers over 5years old in my web development world because, well, they account for less than 1% of my customer base. </div><div><br></div><div>--<div>Ryan Coleman</div><div><br></div></div><div><br>On Mar 31, 2014, at 23:33, paul g <<a href="mailto:pj.world@hotmail.com">pj.world@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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<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><a href="http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/debian-linux-7-wheezy-install-flash-player/">http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/debian-linux-7-wheezy-install-flash-player/</a><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><a href="http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-ppc64.xml?part=1&chap=1">http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-ppc64.xml?part=1&chap=1</a><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: <a href="mailto:kc0iog@gmail.com">kc0iog@gmail.com</a><br>> To: <a href="mailto:tclug-list@mn-linux.org">tclug-list@mn-linux.org</a><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 <<a href="mailto:pj.world@hotmail.com">pj.world@hotmail.com</a>> 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: <a href="http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/7.4.0/amd64/iso-cd/debian-7.4.0-amd64-xfce-CD-1.iso">http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/7.4.0/amd64/iso-cd/debian-7.4.0-amd64-xfce-CD-1.iso</a><br>> 32 bit: <a href="http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/7.4.0/i386/iso-cd/debian-7.4.0-i386-xfce-CD-1.iso">http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/7.4.0/i386/iso-cd/debian-7.4.0-i386-xfce-CD-1.iso</a><br>> PPC: <a href="http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/7.4.0/powerpc/iso-cd/debian-7.4.0-powerpc-xfce-CD-1.iso">http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/7.4.0/powerpc/iso-cd/debian-7.4.0-powerpc-xfce-CD-1.iso</a><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>> <a href="http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/debian-linux-7-wheezy-install-flash-player/">http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/debian-linux-7-wheezy-install-flash-player/</a><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>> <a href="mailto:tclug-list@mn-linux.org">tclug-list@mn-linux.org</a><br>> <a href="http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list">http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list</a><br></div> </div>
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