[GRLUG] on a PowerBook G4

[Topher]

On Wed, 11 Jan 2012, Ben Rousch wrote:

> I recently installed Xubuntu on a 10 year old PC. With 128MB of RAM is
> was useless. With 256MB it could run a web browser fine - it could
> even run YouTube videos as long as you didn't move the mouse. I guess
> what I'm saying is if it has 256 or 512MB of RAM you should be fine
> with an XFCE-based Linux.
>
> If you want to try Xubuntu, you'll need a PowerPC build. Here is a
> good place to start:
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PowerPCFAQ#Is_Ubuntu_supported_on_PowerPC.3F

I don't remember how much RAM this one has, but the minimum for that 
platform was 128.  That makes me want to do something like debian, and 
strip it down as much as I can.

topher

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