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Archive for May, 2007

Ubuntu PPC Day 3

So far so good. Linux is running pretty well on my iBook. There are some stability issues, but those are mostly dealing with Compiz and the GL desktop causing some wake from sleep issues. I’ve had to hard shutdown a few times, because it would hang with a black screen at wake, [...]

Wednesday, May 30th, 2007

Ubuntu PPC… day 2

Today is day 2, technically, as I started this experiment yesterday.
Today I found some faults in the PPC version of Ubuntu.  It is not supported by Ubuntu themselves, but the community, which means that some things are completely unavailable.  Things such as Flash 9, and Automatix.  These are only caveats for a few sites, but [...]

Tuesday, May 29th, 2007

120gb in my iBook, Linux for a week…

My iBook made it back home safely from the good people at iResq.  They did an excellent job, and my iBook now has far more space then I need at this time.  Woohoo!  I wholeheartedly recommend going with iResq if you have any mac/ipod repair needs.  http://www.iresq.com
Now, for the second part of the title.  I [...]

Tuesday, May 29th, 2007

my little iBook is getting all grown up…

I sent off my iBook to have its aging/slowing 30 gb hd upgraded.  Once it returns, it will have 120 gigabytes of its own… its so hard to see the little one leave, but I know it’ll return all the better…
As I wait for its return (probably by Thursday next week), I’ll have the Church’s [...]

Thursday, May 3rd, 2007