Linux on an old macbook g4.... in All Things Unix http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r21059020 en Wed, 07 Jan 2009 21:39:03 EDT Wed, 07 Jan 2009 21:39:03 EDT Re: Linux on an old macbook g4.... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21114268 xrobertcmx : I installed OpenSuse 10.2 on a iBook 500Mghz G3 a few years ago. It worked well, but beyond MP3 playback was useless for any kind of multimedia.
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:)
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said by muzscman See Profile :

Quick question. I'm on their download site and I see what looks like 22 cd's?? That can't be right. Am I missing something here??

Here's the link:

»cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/4.0···/iso-cd/
I take that back:

"The first CD/DVD disk contains all the files necessary to install a standard Debian system.
To avoid needless downloads, please do not download other CD or DVD image files unless you know that you need packages on them."

Helps if I read everything before I post....duh....]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21069397 Sun, 07 Sep 2008 01:17:10 EDT Re: Linux on an old macbook g4.... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21069395 muzscman : Quick question. I'm on their download site and I see what looks like 22 cd's?? That can't be right. Am I missing something here??

Here's the link:

»cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/4.0···/iso-cd/
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Remember the golden rule of the internet..it's the place where men are men, women are also men, and children are the FBI.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21069395 Sun, 07 Sep 2008 01:16:35 EDT Re: Linux on an old macbook g4.... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21069391 muzscman :
said by mwc See Profile :

Debian is your best bet. I've tried Ubuntu's PPC releases a few times, and they're just not as worry free as their officially supported platforms. (Ubuntu dropped PPC with 6.04 IIRC.)

I run debian unstable on my powerbook.
Thanks and thanks xahonusela. I'll download it and give it a go. I got home from work on Friday and apparently my kids had gotten ahold of it and popped 5 of the buttons off. Two of them wouldn't go back on until I took the little plastic things under the keys off and fixed them but it's all good now.

Gunna download debian right now and burn it to a CD!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21069391 Sun, 07 Sep 2008 01:13:51 EDT Re: Linux on an old macbook g4.... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21067301 Xahonusela : Debian PPC .
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»tinyurl.com/6g9po2]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21067301 Sat, 06 Sep 2008 09:16:12 EDT Re: Linux on an old macbook g4.... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21063344 mwc : Debian is your best bet. I've tried Ubuntu's PPC releases a few times, and they're just not as worry free as their officially supported platforms. (Ubuntu dropped PPC with 6.04 IIRC.)

I run debian unstable on my powerbook. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21063344 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:12:00 EDT Re: Linux on an old macbook g4.... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21062480 muzscman :
said by Ctrl Alt Del See Profile :

said by muzscman See Profile :

it's a macbook g4. and it's ppc. it's about 5 years old. it has a gig of ram in it and i'm not sure about what speed the processor is.
There is no such thing as a MacBook G4. The name MacBook started when Apple switched to Intel. It's either an iBook or a PowerBook. On the Mac, right below the display it will literally tell you what it is: either iBook or PowerBook. To get the CPU speed, click on the Apple in the top left corner and select "About This Mac".

said by muzscman See Profile :

i was looking at open suse but i didn't even know that ubuntu had a ppc version. i'll probably download that and give it a go....
Ubuntu stopped supported PowerPC after version 6. You can't get the latest Ubuntu 8 on PowerPC from Canonical.
then i'm going with ibook....it's white. 14" screen. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21062480 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 12:56:29 EDT Re: Linux on an old macbook g4.... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21062205 Ctrl Alt Del :
said by muzscman See Profile :

it's a macbook g4. and it's ppc. it's about 5 years old. it has a gig of ram in it and i'm not sure about what speed the processor is.
There is no such thing as a MacBook G4. The name MacBook started when Apple switched to Intel. It's either an iBook or a PowerBook. On the Mac, right below the display it will literally tell you what it is: either iBook or PowerBook. To get the CPU speed, click on the Apple in the top left corner and select "About This Mac".

said by muzscman See Profile :

i was looking at open suse but i didn't even know that ubuntu had a ppc version. i'll probably download that and give it a go....
Ubuntu stopped supported PowerPC after version 6. You can't get the latest Ubuntu 8 on PowerPC from Canonical.
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said by Ctrl Alt Del See Profile :

Do you mean PowerBook G4 (PowerPC) or MacBook (Intel)? I'm assuming PowerBook as you mention PPC in your post. There are plenty of articles talking about installing Linux on PowerPC Macs:

»www.intuitive.com/blog/ubuntu_li···ook.html
»seehuhn.de/pages/powerbook
it's a macbook g4. and it's ppc. it's about 5 years old. it has a gig of ram in it and i'm not sure about what speed the processor is.

i was looking at open suse but i didn't even know that ubuntu had a ppc version. i'll probably download that and give it a go....

i'll keep everyone updated. my biggest goal will to be to get the wireless working....]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21062170 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 12:01:15 EDT Re: Linux on an old macbook g4.... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21061728 Xahonusela : Ubuntu for the PPC works great.install it on an old imac I had and work fine.
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»tinyurl.com/6g9po2]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21061728 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 10:41:58 EDT Re: Linux on an old macbook g4.... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21061598 Ctrl Alt Del : Do you mean PowerBook G4 (PowerPC) or MacBook (Intel)? I'm assuming PowerBook as you mention PPC in your post. There are plenty of articles talking about installing Linux on PowerPC Macs:

»www.intuitive.com/blog/ubuntu_li···ook.html
»seehuhn.de/pages/powerbook
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less talk, more music]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21061598 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 10:10:51 EDT Re: Linux on an old macbook g4.... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21061025 Cabal : I've used Debian on PPC hardware a few times, it works well. I think the only trick I ran into was getting the partitioning right ("auto" took care of the Mac-specific pieces, then I backtracked and recreated my real partitions).
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Any tips or tricks would be appreciated.

Thanks!
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