Re: I have just installed OpenDarwin on my Wallstreet

On 10/6/06 18:46, Harold Johnson wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> A couple of day ago I installed OpenDarwin on my PowerBook G3 
> Wallstreet.
[...]
> 
> 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?

Never tried firefox, but I did have my Wallstreet running OpenDarwin 
6.6.2 with WindowMaker and some software useful to my needs (networky 
stuff, python and emacs) and it was more than adequate.

> Also, would a battery last longer running OS X Aqua or X11?

I expect that a lot of the power management settings are specific to 
proprietary OS X so that battery will last longer under that.

Cheers,

Graham.
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Graham Lee
UNIX Systems Manager,
Oxford Physics Practical Course
http://iamleeg.blogspot.com/