Gentoo on the iBook G4
While Debian may be suitable for my Apple Powermac G3 Blue and White, nothing can beat Gentoo on my iBook G4. I have resolved that being a Gentoo developer is not part of my future. But I cannot stay away from Gentoo as a user, especially when it comes to my iBook. Pure computing joy.
It was not always so. When I first started using Gentoo there were no drivers for the Broadcom wireless card it has. Thankfully since then free and open drivers have been developed which work great for me. Also, all of the Mac buttons and features (including sleep) work perfectly, so it makes a great notebook. I plan as using it as my main work horse for thesis research and writing.
Nice to hear you’re having better luck with the broadcom driver than me. I never got it working properly for anything but the simplest networks.
Donnie Berkholz
29 Jun 08 at 6:11 am
Perhaps my experiences have been fairly simple as well. But, it has worked with various encryption methods (WEP + WPA) on home, corporate, and hot-spot networks.
Nathan Smith
29 Jun 08 at 6:58 am