Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2011 11:32:00 -0800 From: Michael Dinon <mdinon@gmail.com> To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: FreeBSD on ibook G4 circa 2004 Message-ID: <AANLkTinSGgz=6NgfDnsSLo_rwX4LOi6Xf5yX5EJG1n7g@mail.gmail.com>
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Hello, I am looking for viable alternatives to keep an old ibook I have running relevant software. I have in the past used Debian and various other Linux distros but support for PPC seems to be becomes less and less viable. I had looked previously at the BSD's as an option for PPC and found various information although somewhat limited. I am curious how well supported is PPC by FreeBSD, is there anyone on this list running similar hardware and using FreeBSD on as a laptop as opposed to server duty? I know the Broadcom Airport Extreme card is not well supported by most opensource OS's. When looking at some of the FreeBSD info on PPC I saw that at one point certain keyboards and trackpads were not supported which required USB keyboards, is that still true? I also stumbled on a new installer bsdinstall, has anyone used this on similar hardware? Also does one need to keep an hfs partition still? I seem to remember Linux required an hfs partition, not sure if that is true of the BSD. I don't plan on needing OSX. Anyway thank you in advance for any help or suggestions. -- Mike
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