Went back to Mac OS X
Posted: 11 Apr 2007, 02:59
I tried Yellow Dog 5.0 on my Power Book 12" G4 (866 mhz) but I switched back, I applied all the patches and still had the following problems;
The FN keys don't work
The Screen brightness keys don't work
The Modem doesnt work
3d Graphic acceleration doesnt work
The Yellow Dog package choices are dismal
The suspend modules don't work
The Machine doesnt hibernate properly
The sound works after I unmute it and set it to 75%
The Right and middle mouse keys are mapped to F11 and F12
The Number lock doesn't work
The machine also runs extremely hot.
I followed their instructions and got Wireless working although the advertisements claim to have it working.
Now this wouldn't bother me so much but YellowDog claims to have been working on Linux for almost 5 years. After 5 years I'd expect the Kernel to be optimized to support the FN keys and hibernate, that sound would work right and that Numberslock would work.
I would recommend that anybody considering putting Linux on their Powerbook don't until they get these things fixed if they ever do.
Your time is better spent tweaking MacOSX.
The FN keys don't work
The Screen brightness keys don't work
The Modem doesnt work
3d Graphic acceleration doesnt work
The Yellow Dog package choices are dismal
The suspend modules don't work
The Machine doesnt hibernate properly
The sound works after I unmute it and set it to 75%
The Right and middle mouse keys are mapped to F11 and F12
The Number lock doesn't work
The machine also runs extremely hot.
I followed their instructions and got Wireless working although the advertisements claim to have it working.
Now this wouldn't bother me so much but YellowDog claims to have been working on Linux for almost 5 years. After 5 years I'd expect the Kernel to be optimized to support the FN keys and hibernate, that sound would work right and that Numberslock would work.
I would recommend that anybody considering putting Linux on their Powerbook don't until they get these things fixed if they ever do.
Your time is better spent tweaking MacOSX.