I havent read about it, but that doesnt mean it isnt possible. Linux is an option, of coursea number of the open source operating systems flavors, most notably ubuntu, support the powerpc platform, which has seen wide use in a number of other places, most famously the xbox 360 and nintendo wii. Fedora core on your macintosh fedora ppc, 2004 with updates. A key resource for powerpc linux development is penguinppc, which also includes a hardware compatibility list. The only powerpc macs that can use a 64bit operating system are g5 imacs and power macs. Please help both projects flourish by showing your. Ive experimented with linux and bsd macs going back to the mac iici era, and. Honestly, i really dont know why i slacked on this, as i really wanted to get it out, but here is the video. Yellow dog linux free fixstars linux, mac os classic, mac os x 10. I dont really have high expectations for lxdes performance debian 8 ran it although just running it alone used most of the ram. Revive a powerpc mac running linux the mac observer. It would be great if i could get an iso from linux mint ppc 9 or 11. In this video, i finally give my powerbook g4 running a powerpc chip the linux treatment.
If you choose network as the installation source, a desktop environment will not be installed regardless of what you are booting. Yellow dog linux ydl is an open source linux distribution based on the red hat enterprise linux and centos operating systems. It is, however, recommended to use network installation when you can, as only then you can get latest packages out of the box without having to update the system. Those familiar with powerpc will know that yaboot is the default bootloader, and that remains so here, but ive also added grub to make booting. I went to the website, but the links to download do not work. Apple g3 g4 must use the 32bit powerpc platform, users of 64bit cpus that support 32bit operating systems apple g5 have a choice, and users of 64bit cpus that do not must use powerpc64. It supports 64bit and 32bit hardware, with 64bit supporting both little and big endian modes, while aiming to. Modern abi elfv2 is used even for big endian glibc, unlike debian and so on, etc. The powerpc version of mint hasnt been updated in years, but heres a link to the communitymaintained ubuntu powerpc port. It seems the powerpc linux wiki is not forever destined to be the powerpc. Link engine managements software package, pc link, allows real time configuration of all functions in your link ecu.
In fact there are tons of personal reasons why you might install your favorite distro, but questions like which distro should i install. For all other macs, including g3 and g4 machines, type. Other distributions of linuxunix are available for the ppc platform. The only mint lxde i can find to download is version 12 from 2012. Other feature include support for native cdroms no need for images and endianess safety i. Installing ubuntu linux powerpc on an imac g4 krazy kens. Install the development tools needed, if you havent. Ever considered linux as an alternative to your aging os x version.
Most systems use this kernel flavour, which supports the powerpc 601, 603, 604, 740, 750, and 7400 processors. Crashes while booting accesses pci in an unsupported way. That is you can make a basic install but then have to compile for ppc all softwares you want to install. The ppc archive team ourselves has a variety of machines, ranging from imac g3s, blue and whites, ibooks, powerbooks, and g5 systems. This is the first release with g4 support by daniel foesch you have to enable it in your config.
I need to download linux mintppc please linux mint. I had to download the thencurrent versions of babl and gegl, and hunt down all of the deps, but i got it to work. Choose this if you have a computer based on the amd64 or em64t architecture e. Crazy thought, a rack server as a main ppc mac, but hey its still a mac. I suggest you start by downloading mac powerpc and ibmppc. All apple power macintosh systems up to and including the g4 use processors. Thats our guess of what still has the most ground in the powerpc world. Linux distribution for ppc powerpc architecture nixcraft. It is a very old distribution of linux developed since year 1999 and designed to provide users with a highperformance computing environment on multi. Judging from the number of inquiries and search requests for ppc or powerpc we get at, deploying linux or bsd on this powerful platform is not nearly as rare as some would like us to believe. Fandom apps take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat.
If you can spare the bytes, a torrent is the recommended method to download ubuntu mate. But freebsd does, but im not far in my freebsd knowledge so i wont be able to help past the command line. How to install linux on a powerbook g4 jeremy morgan. The drive that my sid install was on went boom to build and run with no issues. Using the list of official cd mirrors and a bit of ingenuity traversing the mirror directory structures for example, click on the parent directory or link you can probably find more mirrors that contain powerpc releases. Whether it is the attraction of elegantly designed and innovative apple computers, or the sheer power behind the highend pseries servers, linux on powerpc is alive and well.
I know linux doesnt boot as osx from an external firewire cd or drive. Playstation 3 desktop cd for sony playstation 3 systems. Hold down the c button while booting to boot from the cd. It was initially designed to support the ppc powerpc architecture. For those users with a choice, powerpc64 provides some. Operating systems for powerpc css free version html 3. Apples first generation mac mini is something which a lot of linux users have been waiting for. With features such as automated tuning, data log analysis and ecu firmware updates, pc link is one of the most comprehensive tuning packages available on the market.
No compromises are being made, even on 32bit ppc i have a powerbook g4 running the same software stack. The powerbook g4 uses a powerpc chip, which limits your choices a lot in addition to the limited system memory. Void linux for powerpcpower isa unofficial void linux ppc is a staging fork of the void linux distribution intended for the powerpc power architecture. How to install linux mint on a powerpc mac youtube. Most powerpc isos are in a ports directory, but for others e. From this point on, you should read mac mini as g4 mac mini. Revive your old mac g3, g4, or g5 with linux ghacks tech. Handbrake is an opensource, gpllicensed, multiplatform, multithreaded video transcoder, available for mac os x, linux and windows. The project began its life as an ubuntu remix, but starting with version 15. I would love to change it to ubuntu but the last time i tried it wouldnt register the disc. Use sudo aptget distupgrade if you want to upgrade all packages. Because of this, i had to create usb install media. Using this cpu, the client will run about 500 times slower than the host.
If you want to see firsthand the powerbook g4 running linux and. An inexpensive, readily available powerpc system in a small, quiet and attractive chassis. Mac powerpc and ibm ppc power5 desktop cd for apple macintosh g3, g4, and g5 computers, including ibooks and powerbooks as well as ibm openpower machines. We reported how to run upcoming lubuntu desktop lxqt in xenial xerus on a raspberry pi 2 and now, thanks to tester herminio hernandez, jr. I test various features, dvd, wireless, bluetooth, networking, printing, etc. All apple power macintosh systems up to and including the g4 use processors supported by this kernel. I have an old ibook g4 that i want to install linux on. Krazy ken rummages through his old cds, and finds a powerpc version of ubuntu linux 8. Redhat fedora core 6 powerpc version, dbrown, 2006. There is no further discussion of the intel based mac minis on this page.
Gentoo linux 47 gentoo linux is a versatile and fast, completely free linux distribution geared towards developers and. Which linux version works perfectly with my powerbook g4. If you would like to use the live cds in full technicolor then there are two solutions to you. Next package batch that is due tonight brings even more packages, with 45% of the voidpackages repo built for the worstsupported target 32bit ppc musl. This defaults to installing xubuntu permanently, since there is usually not enough memory to try out the full desktop system and. In this video, we will take a look at installing linux mint on a powerbook g4.
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