Comments on: Gee, thanks for the … PowerBook … http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2007/03/30/gee-thanks-for-the-powerbook/ K.Mandla's blog of Linux experiences Mon, 11 Feb 2013 18:19:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Howto: Find an old computer « Motho ke motho ka botho http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2007/03/30/gee-thanks-for-the-powerbook/#comment-46184 Fri, 29 Oct 2010 23:38:44 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2007/03/30/gee-thanks-for-the-powerbook/#comment-46184 [...] I’d be lying if I said I didn’t get handed a machine or two — sometimes as a joke — by inquiring politely and performing the required obeisances … and approaching from a [...]

]]> By: Danny http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2007/03/30/gee-thanks-for-the-powerbook/#comment-1520 Sat, 31 Mar 2007 14:46:31 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2007/03/30/gee-thanks-for-the-powerbook/#comment-1520 Keep a running post on this one. I’m really interested. Hopefully, the Fluxbuntu guys will have their version of Fiesty for PPC out soon, and that might go on the old Powerbook.

Could you do a post on how you create a setup, from the server install. What order do you install packages. Basically, using the server CD, how do you create a custom lean Ubuntu distro for your old equipment?

Paint this one red too. I’m thinking of painting all my “Unofficial Central Florida Free Geek” give aways red, to give them a unique identity.

Excellent blog, dude. Most excellent.

]]> By: mrisi http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2007/03/30/gee-thanks-for-the-powerbook/#comment-1519 Sat, 31 Mar 2007 14:15:17 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2007/03/30/gee-thanks-for-the-powerbook/#comment-1519 NICE man, what an amazing piece of recent Apple history that is. The PowerPC thing will really limit your choices, obviously, but it’d be so fun to tool around with one of those things, nice find. Keep us updated on if/when you get ‘er running.

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