Model

Distribution / Version

Notes

iBook G3 800Mhz 256MB 12"

Kubuntu 5.10

Eject key doesn't work by default

[https://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1940#add_comment hibernate] is not enabled properly by default.

More responsive than Tiger 10.4.4

Sound was low at first; click on volume control in taskbar, raise bass/treble to mid range

B&W G3@350MHz /384 Mb (w/ ZIPdrive)

(K)Ubuntu 5.04/10

no problems

IBook SE Clamshell (Firewire edition) 192Mb

Ubuntu 5.04/10

also excellent working, though problems setting up correct keymaps...

iBook G3 500MHz (My old Mac)

Kubuntu 5.04

Sleep doesn't work (workarounds in the forum), everything else works.

eMac G4 1.42GHz (My current Mac)

Xubuntu 5.10

Display/videocard setting not autodetected (copy Apple's X11 xorg.conf file to your ubuntu partition to fix it), internal modem not supported (download the linuxant softmodem driver from OS X), everything else works.

Dual 1.25Ghz MDD G4 (1.5 Gigs of Ram)

Ubuntu 5.10

Everything worked right at startup. My only issues are low sound volume and sound distorting if I try to turn it up. Really, even though it's nowhere near as loud in Ubuntu as in OS X, it's still a very reasonable listening level. My video card doesn't seem to like any of the GL screen savers, and it shows them for a second and then goes to a blank screen, but all other video stuff seems to work fine.

Powerbook (6.8)

Ubuntu 5.10

Installation cannot find cdrom.

1.67 Ghz 15" Powerbook

Ubuntu ??

Overall, install works well out of the box. Gnome is fast, most hardware is compatible.

Sound low at first from internal speakers, Use the Volume control panel to adjust "DRC Range" until it's better.

No Airport Extreme support. They're working on it.

Microphone doesn't work at all (there may be a way, but nothing out of the box)

Trackpad Tap-to-click can't be disabled. Occaisional erratic trackpad behavior.

Eject, Power, Volume and Brightness Adjustment keys don't work.

Keyboard backlighting is a No-Show.

Some keyboard layout strangenesses can be fixed by changing to the "Macintosh" keyboard layout.