Since recently it is possible to run Linux Mint XFCE on top of LXDE. To install this one has to first install MintPPC. Then:sudo apt install task-xfce-desktop xfce4-xapp-status-plugin mint-xfce-default-settingscp -r /etc/skel/.config /home/your_user_name Logout and login into the XFCE session. MintPPC XFCE is available for G4 and G5.
Monthly Archives: December 2023
SeaLion update
Wicknix released SeaLion 32.5.1. Note that this package has been built in an old Linux environment. To get it working in MintPPC32 I had to do the following: install libffi7 from snapshots:wget http://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian-ports/20210222T080642Z/pool-powerpc/main/libf/libffi/libffi7_3.3-6_powerpc.debsudo dpkg -i libffi7_3.3-6_powerpc.deb install multiarch-support from snapshotswget http://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian-ports/20190502T022320Z/pool-powerpc/main/g/glibc/multiarch-support_2.28-10_powerpc.debsudo dpkg -i multiarch-support_2.28-10_powerpc.deb install libjpeg8 from snapshotswget http://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian/20141009T042436Z/pool/main/libj/libjpeg8/libjpeg8_8d1-2_powerpc.debsudo dpkg -i libjpeg8_8d1-2_powerpc.deb I will add …