I love Ubuntu, but from what I understand they dropped PowerPC support. What's the next best option? Does Linux Mint support PowerPC?
I'd really like something as close to Ubuntu as possible.
iBook G4. No Mac OS for it. What possibilities?
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Slackintosh.
You could also try Debian, Gentoo, Arch, OpenBSD, FreeBSD, NetBSD
See these links for more options. http://penguinppc.org/about/distributions.php http://lowendmac.com/linux/index.shtml
Roasted said: I love Ubuntu, but from what I understand they dropped PowerPC support. What's the next best option? Does Linux Mint support PowerPC?
I'd really like something as close to Ubuntu as possible. You could use an older version of Ubuntu. Gutsy was the last official PPC release, but there's an unofficial Hardy. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/MinimalCD
Of all of those listed at any site, the only ones that stand out as worth while are Slackintosh and Gentoo. Debian distros are over done, and so many packages have been so heavily modded to be x86 only that you end up having only a handful of ppc compatible packages. You would likely only be able to use source debs. Arch isn't a bad option, I personally just do not care too much for arch.
Any other ideas? I tried Slackintosh but it's kind of confusing. It's telling me to run mac-fdisk to set up partitions... yet I run the command and it yells at me. Yeah...
Any other choices? I may try Debian... since I'm an Ubuntu fan and all... But I figured I'd ask here again.
Hmm. It's PowerPC. Theoretically, you COULD run AmigaOS 4.1 on it. If that works, and works well, than I sure know what I'm buying this coming year!
Mr. Psychopath said: Hmm. It's PowerPC. Theoretically, you COULD run AmigaOS 4.1 on it.
If that works, and works well, than I sure know what I'm buying this coming year!
Won't work. It works to some degree on certain macminis.
How about ArchPPC? Just make sure you follow the Arch beginner's wiki.
+1 Debian PPC.
Is the install CDs for PowerPC Debian supposed to be 20 CDs long? Or am I not understanding something right on their download section of their site...
Roasted said: Is the install CDs for PowerPC Debian supposed to be 20 CDs long? Or am I not understanding something right on their download section of their site...
AFAIK, the first one is the installer, the rest are the repos
So I take it I dont need them all?
I installed Debian. But now my wireless + wired doesn't work. I know the wired works cause I used it before with OS X, but Debian doesn't pick it up, under both DHCP and Static. Grr...
fistfullofroses said: Of all of those listed at any site, the only ones that stand out as worth while are Slackintosh and Gentoo. Debian distros are over done, and so many packages have been so heavily modded to be x86 only that you end up having only a handful of ppc compatible packages. You would likely only be able to use source debs. Arch isn't a bad option, I personally just do not care too much for arch.
I don't know Linus has a PowerPC and runs Fedora on it so there must be something good about it.
For example Debian and NetBSD.
I would personally go for Debian. If you really like Ubuntu, you can get community supported, up to date powerpc releases here:
What are you talking about, Ubuntu 8.10 has a power pc version.
billgoldberg said: What are you talking about, Ubuntu 8.10 has a power pc version.
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ports/releases/8.10/release/
Wow. What in the world? Did Ubuntu just drop official support for PPC with LiveCDs? Or what?
It's really hard to find a PowerPC live cd for *any* distro nowadays. I gave up the search long ago.
redsoxreed said: It's really hard to find a PowerPC live cd for *any* distro nowadays. I gave up the search long ago.
Oh. I don't need a LiveCD. I can manage with an alternative install. I'm just so confused over why I kept hearing official support dropped when it's obviously here via alternate install.
Pop Quiz Question of the Day: If I install PPC Ubuntu 8.10 for this iBook G4, which is listed as officially supported with this PPC version, should the wireless work? I could not connect to my wireless network (even with security off) when I was running Debian on it.
I suspect that it would work out of the box, but I may be wrong. You might need to install a driver package. A typical debian install is lighter than a typical ubuntu install, so less wireless cards are supported without installing drivers yourself.
New problem. Installing Ubuntu 8.10 on the alternate CD. Eventually it says that my CD rom drive isn't found to load the necessary files. Yet, I'm booted to the CD and I'm in the installer. LOL?
You may have to do a netinstall. Or a USB key install. Either way, you're probably going to end up with a minimal system which may require you to manually install a wireless driver.
Do you have any idea where I would retrieve 8.10 drivers for an iBook G4? I've googled a bit but the only things I dug up on wireless/ibookg4/ubuntu was people with problems with it.
Do you have access to a terminal? Type in the command "lspci" so we can identify your network chipset. Airport extreme?