I haven’t had a chance to play with your X11 touchpad hint, so that is next on my plate.

Cheers

still, it’s a bit closer to working. Quartz-WM, which is Apple’s default manager, isn’t all that great, apart from making X11 look more like OS X.

And yeah, the X11 apps aren’t as stable on OS X as they are on Linux, I think that’s true. Not sure if that’s a result of Apple’s X11 implementation, or the changes that are sometimes needed to port to OS X.

This is why I use OS X rather than Linux, actually – I’m really used to a lot of the slick little shortcuts that aren’t quite the same or don’t exist in a Linux-based environment, like Command-Space bringing up the Spotlight search (this is the best way to launch apps/documents/etc – I don’t really use the file manager much anymore), or Exposé’s window management technique (which, fyi, when you press F9, lets you see all windows including X11 windows).

To each his own, though, and I’m sorry it cost that much to find out OS X isn’t the right environment for you. I now feel kinda guilty for encouraging you that way…

Anyway, Hi! =:) And please let me know on the tabbing-through-aqua-or-whatever-windows thing! =:)

Sorry to hear of your woes. I’ll pray that you find a solution (whether that’s new hardware, or software solutions).

This may not be worth the overhead/effort, but I run Enlightenment as my X window manager on OS X, which lets me Option-Tab through all X11 windows. I haven’t used a wide variety of X11 WMs, but most would let you do that, I bet.

Not exactly what you’re looking for, but it does mostly work.

Please let me know how you fare on the flash thing!

And I’m not sure if this is what you’re looking for, but I did get my touch pad working very well under X as described here:

http://movingparts.net/2006/04/12/kubuntu-on-a-powerbook/

I just downloaded a .qt and an .mpg file and they both work flawlessly with my current set up. If only I could get a decent flash player I’d be happy(er). I really can’t complain too much, though.

Now I am going to try to find gflash and try to figure out the whole xgl thing.

A quick question for you: I found a program under MacOSX that allowed me to turn my touchpad into one that overcame the typical limitation of moving the mouse. I was able to enable double-tapping, setting up part of the pad to scroll through Firefox and other apps, etc. Do you know of any apps that would allow me to do that with Linux/PPC? I’m currently running standard Ubuntu Dapper (not Kubuntu).

Shalom!

Nice little laptop there!! =:) Hmmmm. I am surprised that you’re able to play wmv’s. Have you tried quicktime yet?

And yeah, I’m pretty fed up with the whole proprietary software situation on Linux PPC. I understand that it’s kind of a niche market and it’s nowhere near as large as x86 Linux, but still…

I’ve not tried accelerated X yet. I had been meaning to–to try out some of the neato Xgl stuff that Novell has been sponsoring. It sounds like that’s not going to be possible either, from what you’re saying.

Blah!! =:/

Thanks for the comment!! And definitely, Shalom to you too. =:)

Having said that, I do agree with you on the Java and Flash thing. It is very frustrating when you can’t do something because Adobe or Sun won’t produce what you need/want. I also don’t like the fact that ATI drivers aren’t available for Linux/PPC. I would love to have truly accellerated graphics (different versions of X produce different frame rates which vary widely).

Well, I’ve enjoyed your blog. Keep up the interesting commentary. Shalom.