Re: how to install ibm jre

Steven Didier wrote:
> I moved away from Open Suse also, I now run Ubuntu 9.04 (I've been
> using Ubuntu on my TiBook for a couple years now) This version works
> very well for everything except the usb image creator tool (it is an
> i-386-586 specific tool as syslinux hasn't been ported to ppc).  Java,
> the app and JRE  work as does flash.
> Cheers, SteveD

Thanks for the input. I spent 2 day trying to install Ubuntu on iBook G4
and turn to opensuse after everything I can do failed. The main problem
being X, no matter how I tweak or try to compile a driver for my ATI
Radeon Mobility card, starting X server always puts the notebook to
black screen where the only thing can do is to login to the notebook
through SSH and shut down the host (killing X server wouldn't get
console back). I'd love to use Ubuntu if I could, because I had switched
from OpenSuSE to Ubuntu 3 years ago and liked it for its lack of
problems e.g. occasionally not able to print (which happens in
OpenSUSE), slowness on starting "Computer" menu (now better in 11.1),
defaulting to banshee which I hate (where ubuntu default tools for multi
media works better) and having to struggle on package management to
figure out how to install VLC etc (where Ubuntu have them 2 clicks away).

Now switching back to OpenSuSE I have found a few new problem that
wasn't there 3 years ago, e.g. GIMP doesn't print (most other
application prints, even 2/3 times fail 1/3 time works, but GIMP always
fail). However it do fixed some major problem that existed 3 years ago,
e.g. huge (and growing amount of) memory consumed by the start menu
replacement (where Ubuntu have simple start menu).

I cannot help but feeling Ubuntu is for use, while OpenSUSE sells
because it have several "advantages" like nicer beagle integration,
wired start menu (now I think it is a bit more useful than Ubuntu's
because of "favorites"), XEN integration, Mono and its applications like
banshee. When you want to buy an OS, you may consider which have
advantages, but when you actually use an OS, these special OpenSUSE
advantages helps little in my daily business, while stability and less
number of problems counts.

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