[plug] Re: Linux on Laptops

[Daniel J. Axtens]

My family and I are too scared to migrate our iBook to Linux :)
OS X, despite being non-free, does "just work". (mostly)

On 9/10/05, Michael Hunt <michael at aussie.oddsocks.net> wrote:
> On Sat, 2005-09-10 at 11:13 +0800, Meryon Montgomery wrote:
> 
> > Only problem with the ppc arch is that there is  limited support for 
> > flash. It would be nice if Macromedia could create and release a fully 
> > functional flash player for linux
> 
> Second that. I don't know how many sites I go to that have firefox say
> 'Additional pluggins required'. But it is not just limited to
> Macromedia, a decent linux JVM for ppc is also needed.
> 
> > Then my ibook would live and breath Debian full time.
> 
> <sarcasm>
> 
> I don't know why you don't already? As a Debian fan you surely don't
> just adhere to the principles of FOSS and also hold to a pragmatic
> attitude of 'whatever is best for the job (regardless of licence) is
> what I'll use'? What freedoms are you fighting for?
> 
> </sarcasm>
> 
> Seriously I think that running linux on something like ppc is all about
> an attitude of mind. My previous debates with skribe on this list about
> this very issue (running linux on an ibook) have proven to me that you
> can't really argue the case on technical merits :-) You first have to
> get pass the mental roadblock that such people have to the very idea of
> doing what they consider as a completely 'daft' thing. :-)
> 
> > Monts
> 
> Michael Hunt
> 
> P.S. I'm a full time ubuntu user running Hoary on an iBook G4.
> 
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