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Atlantis75
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Sun 07/11/10 09:59 AM
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I got an old Powerbook G4, which I got for free, since neither the owner and neither the "repair shop" could fix it. It basically just had a bad charger adapter and the hard disk had some sector failures on it, which I fixed by formatting the hard drive.
Anyway..since I didn't have OSX for it (ok I tried a pirate version), I kept search for a Linux distribution that would work on it. I just don't feel like spending 130 bucks for OSX right now, plus I'm not convinced it would work on it, since this is an old machine, and I neither would want an older OSX (10.3 or less), because it has no support anymore and various things just won't work (like flash graphics and video plugins on the web) There was an old ubuntu version, which did work, but it was horrible and it didn't have support. The funny thing is, yesterday I looked up if the newest Ubuntu would support it and it does! Intel based Macs has no problem running any Linux distros , but the power pc chip does so there is where the problem lies. The newest Ubuntu distro works flawlessly on my old G4. http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ports/releases/lucid/release/ 
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gee ya are good i should of had you done my computer took me 2 weeks to put linux an xp on it lol
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gee ya are good i should of had you done my computer took me 2 weeks to put linux an xp on it lol Even though i'm 34..I started using computers (Commodore 64) at age 12..doing this: 
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ya i remember the commodore lol my ex had it as his first computer but not online just used it for games i like the games that was on it lol
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ya i remember the commodore lol my ex had it as his first computer but not online just used it for games i like the games that was on it lol There was really no "online" in the 80s. |
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ya i remember the commodore lol my ex had it as his first computer but not online just used it for games i like the games that was on it lol There was really no "online" in the 80s. |
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Why ruin a perfectly good Mac by putting Linux on it ... ?
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Why ruin a perfectly good Mac by putting Linux on it ... ? Why would linux ruin it? 
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Why do you computer, techno brainiacs always talk over my head about things so entirely relevant to the very air I breathe ...
I need the dumb it down translations ... Or a techno sidekick ... Even when I often, marginally grasp the basis concepts, I haven't a clue how to do what is recommended! End rant, sob story ... 
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You should be able to run Leopard on your Powerbook G4 but it needs a DVD drive to install. If your laptop only has a cd drive, you have to download a torrent of the cd version which is harder to find. The DVD version requires a dual layer DVD burner to burn the iso file.
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Why do you computer, techno brainiacs always talk over my head about things so entirely relevant to the very air I breathe ...
I need the dumb it down translations ... Or a techno sidekick ... Even when I often, marginally grasp the basis concepts, I haven't a clue how to do what is recommended! End rant, sob story ...
Don't be sad! I bet you could talk over our heads with some things you are so good at =] Shall I say shopping per say 
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Why do you computer, techno brainiacs always talk over my head about things so entirely relevant to the very air I breathe ...
I need the dumb it down translations ... Or a techno sidekick ... Even when I often, marginally grasp the basis concepts, I haven't a clue how to do what is recommended! End rant, sob story ...
Don't be sad! I bet you could talk over our heads with some things you are so good at =] Shall I say shopping per say
:  ... I do rather more than excel there!
I get your point, it's genetic ...
 ... Fine! Let's chat meridians, chakras, neurolymphatics/neurovascular points and the various auric bodies and their points instead - shall we?
The Ko and Shen cycles, alone, are beyound fascinating ... Don't even get me started on aromatherapy, nutrition and herbs ... And so ferth ... 
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wow all that! sounds very interesting I love to learn new things, but I think Atlantis75 will be annoyed because this will shift his topic off. I would be happy to continue this conversation in the chitchat section. =]
HawaiiMusikMan thanks man I learned from your post. |
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