I have just installed OpenDarwin on my Wallstreet
"Harold Johnson" <[email protected]> Sat, 10 Jun 2006 10:46:18 -0700
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--===============1386050251== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_45459_1641325.1149961578282" ------=_Part_45459_1641325.1149961578282 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Hello all, A couple of day ago I installed OpenDarwin on my PowerBook G3 Wallstreet. I selected version 6.6.2 because it is the most recent version (that I know of) that doesn't require XPostFacto to install. (I had a bit of trouble with my open firmware after installing the most recent flavor of OpenDarwin -- I believe it was 7.2.1 -- with XPostFacto 4.) I'm currently installing fink 0.11.1 from source, following the instructions located at : http://fink.sourceforge.net/news/jag-bootstrap.php Then I hope to get X11 going on this system, as I'd like to have a GUI on this old PowerBook. I don't currently have OS 10 on this system, plus I only have 256MB of RAM. Do you all think X11 running -- let's say, Firefox -- will run better on this system then Firefox on OS X on this system? Also, would a battery last longer running OS X Aqua or X11? Just curious about your opinions. More details about my system: PowerBook G3 (Wallstreet 2/PDQ) CPU: 233MHz RAM: 256MB Expansion bays: CD-ROM: 20X, floppy drive, and ZIP100 (seems broken) Newertech NuPowr 4500MAH batter (brand new) LOL, I'm bragging about my system, which was stunning perhaps in 1998 or so... Hope to hear your opinions about running X11 as opposed to Aqua, Harold J. Johnson http://somethingthathappened.com ------=_Part_45459_1641325.1149961578282 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Hello all,<br><br>A couple of day ago I installed OpenDarwin on my PowerBook G3 Wallstreet. I selected version 6.6.2 because it is the most recent version (that I know of) that doesn't require XPostFacto to install. (I had a bit of trouble with my open firmware after installing the most recent flavor of OpenDarwin -- I believe it was 7.2.1 -- with XPostFacto 4.)<br><br>I'm currently installing fink 0.11.1 from source, following the instructions located at :<br><br><a href="http://fink.sourceforge.net/news/jag-bootstrap.php">http://fink.sourceforge.net/news/jag-bootstrap.php </a><br><br>Then I hope to get X11 going on this system, as I'd like to have a GUI on this old PowerBook. I don't currently have OS 10 on this system, plus I only have 256MB of RAM. Do you all think X11 running -- let's say, Firefox -- will run better on this system then Firefox on OS X on this system? Also, would a battery last longer running OS X Aqua or X11? Just curious about your opinions. More details about my system: <br><br>PowerBook G3 (Wallstreet 2/PDQ)<br>CPU: 233MHz<br>RAM: 256MB<br>Expansion bays: CD-ROM: 20X, floppy drive, and ZIP100 (seems broken)<br>Newertech NuPowr 4500MAH batter (brand new)<br><br>LOL, I'm bragging about my system, which was stunning perhaps in 1998 or so... <br><br>Hope to hear your opinions about running X11 as opposed to Aqua,<br><br>Harold J. Johnson<br><a href="http://somethingthathappened.com">http://somethingthathappened.com</a><br><br><br> ------=_Part_45459_1641325.1149961578282-- --===============1386050251== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline