[Cialug] Lightweight linux for video on imac g4

[Morris Dovey]

On 3/28/11 6:42 PM, Mathew Phillips wrote:
> 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.

Hmm. I just replaced a good pair of 2Gb sticks with a pair of 4Gb sticks 
in a new iMac - can you use one (or both) in your machine?

If not, would anyone be interested in trading for an equal amount of RAM 
that Matthew /can/ use?

Morris Dovey
http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto/