Ubuntu 4.10

[Francis X. Maier]

Eric,

What kernel comes with Ubuntu?  I've been watching it for my old iMac.

Fran


On Nov 10, 2004, at 9:32 PM, Eric Dunbar wrote:

> Well, I managed to back up my 20 GB drive (over 802.11b... to disk
> images on my YDL server) and now have Unbuntu up and running. The
> install was as easy for YDL 3.0.1!
>
> What's my hardware?
>
> PowerBook G3/400 (Pismo), 512 MB RAM, 20 GB HD (partitioned: 5.1 GB
> formerly HFS+, now Ubuntu (3 partitions) & 13.6 GB HFS+ OS X 10.3.6)
>
> Here's what Ubuntu did.
>
> - It _properly_ destroyed one partition, kept another partition,
> formatted the newly created free space using the pseudo-automated
> settings (very easy if you RTFS), thereby creating the boot partition
> (1 MB for yboot), swap partition (256 MB... automatic) and / partition
> (~5 GB));
> - it automagically detected my 802.11b network BEFORE doing the
> install and connecting to the web (so, I didn't have to hook the
> laptop up to an inconveniently placed router);
> - it downloaded the necessary files (~40 MB) and did so at ~180 KB/sec
> (fast for my ADSL);
> - took a while (1 hour?) to do the actual install (rather long given
> the size of the beast);
> - lead me through a set-up procedure that was straight-forward (a
> computer ignoramus could have done everything but the partitioning...
> they'd be too scared that they'd break their computer there I
> imagine).
>
> NOTE: When it says "Registering documentation... Wait." it REALLY
> means wait! Your computer hasn't crashed (took ~10 mins for me).
>
> *I* made a mistake at the resolution selection section (should've
> accepted the default). I added 1152x864 and 1280x1024 to the DEFAULT
> list of resolutions figuring I'd be future proof so I could hook up my
> external monitor (1024x768, 800x600, 640x480 were the defaults). That
> mucked up the x-server's resolution (I had to ctrl-alt-keypad-minus
> (need to turn on num lock on a laptop) to get the resolution down to
> 1024x768 (with screen panning... or whatever that's called)... this at
> least allowed me to see the screen). In GNOME I fixed the resolution
> for my session (or whatever that's called) with the "Screen
> Resolution" System Configuration app, but for the system as a whole I
> had to edit the XF86Config-4 file in /etc/X11 and remove "1280x1024"
> "1152x864" from the relevant lines.
>
> Otherwise, the install did indeed go flawlessly, and this included
> destroying one pre-existing 5.2 GB HFS+ partition (1st logical), and
> retaining a 13.6 GB OSX HFS+ partition (2nd logical). I was lucky that
> I had envisioned installing Linux some day when I originally
> partitioned this drive -- I now get to keep my 1 year old OS X install
> on the 13 GB partition (which is running stunningly stable for a one
> year old install) and have a new toy, all in one compact, beautiful
> black, sleek package (Pismo).
>
> So what do I have now:
>
> A seemingly functioning GNU/Linux running an up-to-date version of
> GNOME (I'm very impressed by the new GNOME... I can see the foundation
> being laid for the introduction of a FIXED menu bar at the top of the
> screen... a MAJOR user interface flaw of all modern non-Apple
> windowing systems).
>
> For those of you who care about sound (I personally have a love-hate
> relationship with computer sounds so sound is low on my list of
> priorities), it worked right out of the box (much to my chagrin). The
> F-keys on  my laptop do exactly what I expect of them... F1/F2 change
> brightness, F3/F4 volume, F6 mute, F5 numlock.
>
> Relatively few apps included in the distro but I guess that's the
> spartan philosophy behind Ubuntu -- give the user only what she needs
> to get up and running. If she wants a particular app, it's out there
> to be downloaded!
>
> It comes with Open Office.org 1.1, FireFox 0.9.3 (I guess they too
> weren't happy with the stability of 1.0 either ;-), The GIMP 2.0, and
> <yippi> gedit (I love this little app). All I need is Mozilla for
> crude web page design and I'll be set on this machine.
>
> I'd love to move the Beige G3 over to Ubuntu to see how it'd perform
> but unfortunately they don't have installs for OldWorld machines yet
> (I imagine that it's only time before they do since all you need is to
> get the kernel loaded by BootX, right?).
>
> Eric.
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