Operating System Upgrade - FTL :(
So I got a bit ballsy today and I decided that the only program I need on my laptop is Mathematica, otherwise everything is just unix command line. So I decided to upgrade my PowerBook G4.
So I started with debian 4.0; Successful install, no wireless card drivers mouse moves a few pixels per inch. Useless.
OpenBSD: doesn’t boot the install disk
NetBSD: install disk freaks out
FreeBSD: doesn’t find the cdrom or drives when trying to install, boots great
Ubuntu 6.04: installing like a charm but old as hell
Ubuntu 8.04. I thought it didn’t exist for ppc but I was wrong. The impossible isos for PPC PowerBook G4 can be found here.
So far this has not been a good idea.
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