[Cialug] Lightweight linux for video on imac g4

[Mathew Phillips]

It does have an nVidia GeForce 4 MX with 64MB of DDR SDRAM card in it. Not
sure if there would be native linux drivers for it though. I'm downloading a
YDL iso right now but it kinda scares me that it's latest versions are
targeting the PS3, hopefully the kernel still has the older ppc support in
it.

On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 7:28 PM, Matt <matt at itwannabe.com> wrote:

> You could check out the lighter versions of Linux Mint if there are any PPC
> builds.  But, my first thought would be to find out if there's a way to
> sneak a vdpau GPU in it.
>
> Matt, the IT Wannabe
> http://www.itwannabe.com/
>
> On Mar 28, 2011, at 7:14 PM, Josh More <MoreJ at alliancetechnologies.net>
> wrote:
>
> Given that it's ppc,  I'd look first at Yellow Dog.   If that failed,  maybe Xubuntu.
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mathew Phillips [mathewrphillips at gmail.com]
> Received: Monday, 28 Mar 2011, 18:42
> To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group [cialug at cialug.org]
> Subject: [Cialug] Lightweight linux for video on imac g4
>
>
>
> I recently acquired an imac g4.
>
>  1 ghz ppc
> 512 mb RAM
> dvd drive
> 17" screen
>
>  It's not really powerful enough to run the newer versions of Ubuntu. I
> installed 10.10 on it this morning and I'm getting 80-90% cpu usage just for
> xorg with no apps running. I'm thinking about trying to find a 1gig stick of
> ram to boost that a little. But with a 17" monitor it would be great for
> turning into a dvd player or tv tuner with a usb card. What distro would you
> guys recommend that's lightweight enough to play dvd's and stream tv without
> hogging up all the cpu on the OS itself?
> I realize it might be a lost cause but I'm not electrical engineering
> material so I don't think id feel comfortable trying to rip out the monitor
> and use it by itself (or even if its possible).
>
>  Matt
>
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