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Date:      Thu, 01 Nov 2007 12:22:31 -0400
From:      Damien Tougas <dtougas@bates.edu>
To:        freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org
Subject:   17" PowerBook G4?
Message-ID:  <4729FD47.7070806@bates.edu>

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Hello,

I have a 17" Aluminum PowerBook G4 (1.67 GHz) that I am considering 
installing FreeBSD on. I would like to be able to use it as a desktop 
system for development work. Will this work? Is all the hardware (i.e. 
Graphics, WiFi, Audio, etc.) supported? If not, what pieces will I be 
without?

Will I be able to get Java to compile? KDE? OpenOffice? etc.

Any insights people have would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!

-- 
Damien Tougas
Web Programmer/Analyst
Bates College
207-786-8329

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