Well I am surprised by all the responses my post has generated.<br><br>Thanks for the insights!<br><br>My concern is mostly with unsophisticated users. This is the great pool from which Linux can draw new users!<br><br>These people just want to browse Internet for information or do things online like banking or make purchases online.<br>
<br>I would say most people use the browser, send and read email, play, download, edit, burn/copy multimedia and perform some basic word processing.<br>This represents almost 100% usage in the Windows world.<br><br>These people want a stable reliable system. They don't want to bother with the bleeding edge updates!<br>
<br>I would like to create a similar image of Linux for PowerPC Macs. Ideally the image will play YouTube videos!<br><br>I am seeking help with this. By Thursday evening this week, I should have a powerpc Linux image working on a G5, G4 and G3.<br>
It must be light on resources and most internal hardware should be detected and installed out of the box.<br>This is true of my X86 Linux Mint LXDE images.<br><br>I realize the Linux community has many talented individuals who contribute code or test Linux distros voluntarily. <br>
I would like to do my part by deploying images of Linux onto computers.<br><br>Perhaps the Linux community can organize regular deployment of Linux onto:<br><br>1. All Pentium III PCs with limit of 512 RAM. Those below 800 MHz will not stream video properly.<br>
2. All powerpc Macs from G3 to G5 (1999 - 2005)<br>3. Minimum 16 GB flash drives so user can dual boot Windows/Linux by merely removing/inserting the flash drive before boot.<br> Widows and Linux will see the NTFS data partition on the flash drive. No configuration of Windows is necessary here!<br>
After Windows has loaded simply insert flash drive to access NTFS data partition on it.<br><br><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 2:30 PM, Lennart Sorensen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lsorense-1wCw9BSqJbv44Nm34jS7GywD8/FfD2ys@public.gmane.org">lsorense-1wCw9BSqJbv44Nm34jS7GywD8/FfD2ys@public.gmane.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="im">On Sat, Apr 07, 2012 at 10:10:07PM -0400, charles chris wrote:<br>
> Hey! Linux is for people who live on Facebook and YouTube. They download<br>
> videos, songs, copy and make DVD, burn audio CD, perform basic picture and<br>
> video editing, create resume, etc. Conduct research on the Internet<br>
><br>
> They may need Skype to work with an internal webcam: We need hacks here!<br>
<br>
</div>Who cares about skype. Please make it go away and die, evil bastards.<br>
<div class="im"><br>
> Linux is NOT for graphic artists/desktop publishers/printers, video editors<br>
<br>
</div>Some of those do use it.<br>
<div class="im"><br>
> Linux is NOT for tax preparers, financial services people<br>
<br>
</div>That might be lacking at the moment.<br>
<div class="im"><br>
> Linux is NOT for engineers who use Autocad<br>
<br>
</div>That's OK, they use SolidWorks these days, although that too requires windows. :)<br>
<div class="im"><br>
> Linux is NOT for doctors and lawyers<br>
<br>
</div>Actually that could be debated. The first major users of unix were apparently lawyers.<br>
<div class="im"><br>
> Linux is NOT for the near blind who need ZoomText!<br>
<br>
</div>I don't think zoom helps blind people. brltty and such might, which<br>
linux does have.<br>
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