harsh world for a linux use with a ppc chip

well linux would be great!...if i had an x86 chip i am finding that none of the basic apps i wana use will run under a power pc chip (such as mozilla or flash) i am finding all over the place that just beacuse an app is for linux dosnt mean its going to play nice on powerpc i really hope someone can prove me wrong :( sorry about spelling btw

well linux would be great!...if i had an x86 chip i am finding that none of the basic apps i wana use will run under a power pc chip (such as mozilla or flash) i am finding all over the place that just beacuse an app is for linux dosnt mean its going to play nice on powerpc i really hope someone can prove me wrong :( sorry about spelling btwWhat apps specifically are you finding that won't work on the PPC architecture? More depth would help out

Reading these forums leads me to believe that x86 chips aren't a walk in the park either.

Considering what I paid for Ubuntu, it practically works perfectly. Yes, it's not point and click for some things. Yes, Flash can be flaky and just plain doesn't work for some things. Yes, audio and video are not perfect, but those are driver issues.

I'm going on two weeks of Ubuntu and it's been fascinating and frustrating, but it's also been something that no other OS has been.

*It's been free.*

What Mozilla product are you not able to use? I'm reading and posting this in Firefox. 1.5 is not part of the repositories yet, but it will be. I also use Thunderbird for all my mail and newsgroup needs.

For free, I can use OpenOffice, and open any of my MS Word, Excell, or Powerpoint files and work with them going back and forth, seamlessly, between OpenOffice and MS Office.

For free, I can use Gimp, with much of the same power that Adobe Photoshop has.

Overall, Ubuntu just works, and very well at that. :)

I don't think that qualifying problems with Ubuntu with the price tag is particularly fare. No commercial OS is without it's problems either. You certainly do not get what you pay for. If that logic were to follow, a $5000 operating system would be flawless.

The customizable nature of Linux makes it worth the time for me. Plus the ability to have several computers with different features each having it's own OS custom made to suit the hardware and useage. Brilliant!!

I do admit though, that PPC owners have a harder time. I do. But with each release, PPC Ubuntu gets better. Having more than one computer makes it worth my while having Dapper on PPC and staying with Breezy on the x86. Besides, I'm not giving up OSX !!

Well I ran into my first problems today running Breezy PPC. No precompiled Firefox 1.5 binaries that I can find, or Flock binaries as well. Granted, Im compiling both from source right now.

Also, the sound is even more screwed up than normally for a linux box ;) but I really only use my iBook for mobile stuff. My desktop running Breezy (Athlon XP) handles everything else.

I do think though we should start putting together an install/customization guide for PPC based Breezy. Cause alot of the more interesting stuff isnt applicable because they're precompiled binaries :)

I don't think that qualifying problems with Ubuntu with the price tag is particularly fair. My point is that if I were paying for any of the software I run in Linux, I would be much more upset when it didn't work. The fee for other software pays for support, or it's supposed to. You certainly do not get what you pay for. If that logic were to follow, a $5000 operating system would be flawless. Yes, I didn't mean to imply that particular logic. I simply mean that trying a free product and hating it shouldn't ruin ones day. ;)

I totally agree with you, nicholaspaul. Linux, and particularly Ubuntu, are brilliant! :)

Ps. I'm not giving up OS X either.

;-) Hear ya loud and clear! I think you're like me in that you are probably sick of hearing people whine about free products! The great thing about Ubuntu is that if you don't like one application (say, Totem) you just go searching for one you DO like (eg. Beep !)

Choice is good!

Well I ran into my first problems today running Breezy PPC. No precompiled Firefox 1.5 binaries that I can find, or Flock binaries as well. Granted, Im compiling both from source right now.

Also, the sound is even more screwed up than normally for a linux box ;) but I really only use my iBook for mobile stuff. My desktop running Breezy (Athlon XP) handles everything else.

I do think though we should start putting together an install/customization guide for PPC based Breezy. Cause alot of the more interesting stuff isnt applicable because they're precompiled binaries :)

As a rule of thumb, open source apps usually work on ppc (at least I can't remeber running into any app I found important that didn't), though you may sometimes have to compile them yourself if they are not in the repositories yet. Closed source apps can be a pita though (Not all, opera for example provides binaries for linux/ppc, which is great).

Choice is good!

Yes! Choice is good! There seem to be multiple versions of every type of product. :)