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LinuxPPC

Before OSX came on the scene, I was running linux on my Powerbook laptop. Back then it was a huge chore to install linux on a mac laptop, so I made this site so that other people won’t go through the trouble I had to go through. Since I don’t run linux on my laptop anymore, these pages go unmaintained.

Below is the front page of my unmaintained linuxppc site. I still keep the site available because it its only a few k on my webserver, and it might actually still help someone. All the links will bring you to the original website.

This is my collection of information on setting up and using Linux on a Pismo (firewire) Powerbook. If you have any questions please email me at cristiana@cloud13.com

Printer:
How to install a USB printer

Kernel 2.4:
How to upgrade to a 2.4 series kernel

Installation Guide:
This goes over the steps you need to install LinuxPPC 2000 on your Pismo Laptop. This covers all the steps from partitioning to getting 24 bit color working in X.

Keyboard Tricks:
Here I will go over some of the idiosyncrasies of using the pismo keyboard.

Make X Pretty:
Here I cover how to install truetype fonts in XFree86 4, and other ways to make X pretty.

Mouse:
Let’s get the mouse working

Sound:
Get sound to work on the internal speakers.

Stuff:
This is a place where some downloadables are kept