Playstation 3 desktop cd for sony playstation 3 systems. It seems the powerpc linux wiki is not forever destined to be the powerpc. Most systems use this kernel flavour, which supports the powerpc 601, 603, 604, 740, 750, and 7400 processors. It would be great if i could get an iso from linux mint ppc 9 or 11. 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. Yellow dog linux ydl is an open source linux distribution based on the red hat enterprise linux and centos operating systems. 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.
Please help both projects flourish by showing your. I suggest you start by downloading mac powerpc and ibmppc. I need to download linux mintppc please linux mint. I would love to change it to ubuntu but the last time i tried it wouldnt register the disc. 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. For all other macs, including g3 and g4 machines, type. Choose this if you have a computer based on the amd64 or em64t architecture e. 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. The drive that my sid install was on went boom to build and run with no issues. 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. Revive your old mac g3, g4, or g5 with linux ghacks tech. It was initially designed to support the ppc powerpc architecture.
Installing ubuntu linux powerpc on an imac g4 krazy kens. Modern abi elfv2 is used even for big endian glibc, unlike debian and so on, etc. There is no further discussion of the intel based mac minis on this page. It is a very old distribution of linux developed since year 1999 and designed to provide users with a highperformance computing environment on multi. Crazy thought, a rack server as a main ppc mac, but hey its still a mac. 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. Crashes while booting accesses pci in an unsupported way.
Which linux version works perfectly with my powerbook g4. Ever considered linux as an alternative to your aging os x version. I know linux doesnt boot as osx from an external firewire cd or drive. In fact there are tons of personal reasons why you might install your favorite distro, but questions like which distro should i install. Apples first generation mac mini is something which a lot of linux users have been waiting for. This is the first release with g4 support by daniel foesch you have to enable it in your config. 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. For those users with a choice, powerpc64 provides some. But freebsd does, but im not far in my freebsd knowledge so i wont be able to help past the command line. Other feature include support for native cdroms no need for images and endianess safety i. It supports 64bit and 32bit hardware, with 64bit supporting both little and big endian modes, while aiming to. 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. How to install linux mint on a powerpc mac youtube.
All apple power macintosh systems up to and including the g4 use processors. Linux distribution for ppc powerpc architecture nixcraft. Krazy ken rummages through his old cds, and finds a powerpc version of ubuntu linux 8. Handbrake is an opensource, gpllicensed, multiplatform, multithreaded video transcoder, available for mac os x, linux and windows. The only mint lxde i can find to download is version 12 from 2012.
I had to download the thencurrent versions of babl and gegl, and hunt down all of the deps, but i got it to work. How to install linux on a powerbook g4 jeremy morgan. If you want to see firsthand the powerbook g4 running linux and. If you can spare the bytes, a torrent is the recommended method to download ubuntu mate.
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. 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. No compromises are being made, even on 32bit ppc i have a powerbook g4 running the same software stack. I test various features, dvd, wireless, bluetooth, networking, printing, etc. Thats our guess of what still has the most ground in the powerpc world. Other distributions of linuxunix are available for the ppc platform.
The powerbook g4 uses a powerpc chip, which limits your choices a lot in addition to the limited system memory. Hold down the c button while booting to boot from the cd. The project began its life as an ubuntu remix, but starting with version 15. 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. Install the development tools needed, if you havent. I dont really have high expectations for lxdes performance debian 8 ran it although just running it alone used most of the ram. Link engine managements software package, pc link, allows real time configuration of all functions in your link ecu. Yellow dog linux free fixstars linux, mac os classic, mac os x 10. Operating systems for powerpc css free version html 3.
From this point on, you should read mac mini as g4 mac mini. The powerpc version of mint hasnt been updated in years, but heres a link to the communitymaintained ubuntu powerpc port. Because of this, i had to create usb install media. In this video, i finally give my powerbook g4 running a powerpc chip the linux treatment. The ppc archive team ourselves has a variety of machines, ranging from imac g3s, blue and whites, ibooks, powerbooks, and g5 systems.
Use sudo aptget distupgrade if you want to upgrade all packages. Most powerpc isos are in a ports directory, but for others e. Redhat fedora core 6 powerpc version, dbrown, 2006. If you choose network as the installation source, a desktop environment will not be installed regardless of what you are booting. 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. Revive a powerpc mac running linux the mac observer. Void linux for powerpcpower isa unofficial void linux ppc is a staging fork of the void linux distribution intended for the powerpc power architecture.
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