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Comment on Installing Linux on a Powerbook G4 by omskates

omskates — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 06:50:27 +0000

Intrepid on your powerbook now? I could never get X to start. Yellow Dog Linux installed without a hitch. Annoying about no Adobe Flash ported to PPCLinux though.

Comment on About by James Higgins

James Higgins — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 19:54:16 +0000

very nice, this is sort of like fathomfruit.com, check it out. one question, if im loading linux (hardy heron) on my powerbook, why wont it let me hold c to boot it off of a live cd, and then how do i install it once i open my computer in osx and linux is just a folder.

Comment on Installing Linux on a Powerbook G4 by Spanky

Spanky — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 05:18:15 +0000

Yes, hold down c to boot from CDROM

Comment on Installing Linux on a Powerbook G4 by Graham

Graham — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 02:54:32 +0000

Did you have to do anything special to boot up from the Linux CD? I’ve been trying to install Kubuntu (as well as other versions) on an old Powerbook of mine, but it will never start up from the CD. Even though it’s supposedly a “Live” CD that can run completely on its own, without even needing to install. Thanks for any tips you may have.

Comment on Installing Linux on a Powerbook G4 by Frying Over a Jungle » Internet connection sharing on Linux (IP Masquerading on a Powerbook)

Sat, 30 Sep 2006 13:34:45 +0000

[...] Posted by Spanky on 02 Feb 2006 at 09:36 pm | Tagged as: Linux, Powerbook So I left my PCI wireless card with Linux drivers at school, my wireless router is next to the TV and not a great place to setup a Linux box, and I want to install packages onto a Linux box I’m setting up. I recently put Linux on my Powerbook, so what is commonly termed “Internet Connection Sharing” is no longer as easy as it used to be, and is bound to be a pain in the ass. [...]

Comment on Why does bittorrent + podcasting matter? (Or, “why open source?”) by zatarain

zatarain — Sun, 02 Jul 2006 14:01:15 +0000

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Comment on Why does bittorrent + podcasting matter? (Or, “why open source?”) by Ellen

Ellen — Mon, 15 May 2006 17:37:04 +0000

JUST saw that you responded to my comment. How sad is that?

The one I remember offhand is FontForge. I tried to get Alpha to help with that, and his response upon seeing the instructions was, as I recall, along the lines of “Oh boy.” I had to download something called Cygwin (I don’t even know what it does…) and I think two separate archiving programs. And I STILL haven’t gotten it to work!

Comment on Ruby renaming script by Alpha

Alpha — Fri, 07 Apr 2006 13:29:54 +0000

I find that whenever I need to batch-rename, it’s never quite the same, so I need to rewrite anyway.

That being said, it’s almost always a variant of:

Dir['*'].each {|file| File.rename(file, file.gsub(...)) }

Modify the Dir.[] and File#gsub as necessary.

Comment on Why does bittorrent + podcasting matter? (Or, “why open source?”) by spanky

spanky — Wed, 01 Mar 2006 01:41:35 +0000

Really? A lot of the open source stuff I use has a windows .exe that seems to be pretty self contained. Any specific projects you’ve had problems with? There are some OSS projects that are Linux only, but those are more the exception rather than the rule.

Comment on Why does bittorrent + podcasting matter? (Or, “why open source?”) by Ellen

Ellen — Tue, 28 Feb 2006 10:31:25 +0000

I have the opposite problem — I think Open Source is a great idea, and would probably donate money to Sourceforge if I, you know, had any, but I often find that I can’t figure out how to install or use some of the programs thus propagated. (Of course, I still do use plenty — but there are others I’d like to be able to use that I can’t make heads or tails of.)