If I recall, I thought you looked into Arch once but found that it wouldn't run on a PowerPC platform I know the standard architectures are i386 (32-bit) and x86_64 (64-bit). So you might not be able to try that distro out on that machine. The most tangible notes I can give you right now would be on the PLUG website for this Thursday's east side meeting. There is a brief overview of what I plan to cover; I haven't done any other notes yet. I'm just finished up going through nearly 400 messages this evening to catch up with the PLUG e-mail. I got a little lax about following this list lately. I use gmail's filters to force different e-mail lists into their own labels and that then ends up in separate IMAP folders when reading with mutt or thunderbird. Like I said earlier, what notes I use will be for my items to cover but you might be more familier with other tools or techniques so you probably shouldn't lock in too closely to what I have. That way, there will be unique approaches to how each of us address these issues. On Mon, Feb 07, 2011 at 03:50:02PM -0700, Technomage Hawke wrote: > I am thinking of giving that one a try out on the powerbook. > btw, I have A version of Vinux (version 3.1 PPC) running on there now from a vinux build script meant for 3.0 (ubuntu 10.04 based). > > I had to modify the scripts to update to maverick meerkat and some packages are clearly not available for the PPC platform (such as chromium-browser). > > hey steve, did you have a set presentation outline for your accessibility presentation at the east side plug meeting? if co, can I borrow some of it? > > -Eric > > On Feb 7, 2011, at 3:43 PM, Steve Holmes wrote: > > > Sorry for such a late reply here but I'm catching up on this list. I > > personally like Arch Linux. It is very current because of the rolling > > update concept and dispite this concept, the system is much more > > stable than Debian Unstable for example. It kinda reminds me of > > Slackware with the need for tweeking the main rc.conf file to turn on > > selected services but the package build process and dependency > > tracking is far superior to Slackware. I love the PKGBUILD scripts > > used to build Arch Linux packages. They are easy to clone and use for > > new applications that aren't already in place. I believe the config > > files are more the BSD style as I understand it. > > > > On Fri, Jan 07, 2011 at 02:50:54PM -0700, Robert Holtzman wrote: > >> On Fri, Jan 07, 2011 at 10:46:10AM -0600, Ted Gould wrote: > >>> On Fri, 2011-01-07 at 09:17 -0700, Stephen wrote: > >>>> Debian for its rock solid reliability, and conversely Ubuntu being a > >>>> graceful extension of that. > >>> > >>> I think you're being short sighted here. Some of us choose Ubuntu > >>> solely because of the personality cult around Mark Shuttleworth. ;) > >> > >> It's also the reason some of us are taking a long look at other > >> distros. :-| > >> > >> > >>> --------------------------------------------------- > >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > >>> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Bob Holtzman > >> Key ID: 8D549279 > >> "If you think you're getting free lunch, > >> check the price of the beer" > > > > > > > >> --------------------------------------------------- > >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss