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I am just testing Ubuntu Linux for PPC as I've seen it seems to be a good new distrib.
Well I'll begin with good points :
- it is based on Debian => rock solid
- it installed without any pb on my parents' eMac, and this is wow! This is the first distrib of linux PPC that I manage to install on this computer without having to hack anything around...
- the installation process is very well done and automatic
- my internal material was all recognized automatically. Well it's not exactly the case of my printer and scanner though...
Bad points now :
- where is KDE?? This distrib comes with Gnome only smiley('cry'); and I couldn't even install it with the universe non-official packages or the KDE cvs!
- there are still very few packages available (not even talking of XWindows ...)
- after 2 hours, the graphical package manager crashed, so I have to use apt-get in a console
- I don't like the default graphics ... can't help it
I think this is a good starting point for a new distrib (esp. as I tested it on a G4 PPC), but it still has quite a lot to go before I can say I prefer it to Mandrake ... Let us hope Kubuntu (Ubuntu with native KDE project) will develop soon smiley('grin2');
For more infos about Ubuntu Linux, see the official Ubuntu Linux website.