[ale] linux on Ibook g3

[brian at polibyte.com (Brian Pitts)]

Joe Mugerwa wrote:
> Hi
> I got an ibook G3 dual usb (from 2001) 12.1 inches 500mhz ,640mb memory, 
> 10gb Hardisk with cd, i have managed to get a wireless network card 
> (Airport)
> I want to install linux to use it surfing and some simple tasks. i have 
> tried ubuntu on it.
> I need some help for which distro will help me to get the best out of 
> it.  speed and space left after installing counts for me. as well as 
> getting my airport working.
> Any kind of help is welcome
> /Joe

The advantage of Ubuntu is the active support forum for PPC at 
http://ubuntuforums.org/forumdisplay.php?f=133

The disadvantage is that although packages and cd's are still built for 
it, PPC is no longer an officially supported architecture.

"The Ubuntu Technical Board has decided to reclassify PowerPC as an 
unofficial architecture, rather than a fully supported architecture, for 
Ubuntu 7.04 and subsequent releases. This means that packages and ISO 
images will continue to be produced, but releases will not be delayed 
due to problems which are specific to PowerPC, and the quality of the 
PowerPC release itself will depend very much on the extent to which 
members of the Ubuntu community drive PowerPC testing and bug fixes. The 
rationale for this decision has been recorded in the PowerPC Review 
document at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PowerPCReview ..."

I personally switched to Debian on the powerbook I had at the time when 
this happened.

-Brian