Comments on: Revive your old Mac G3, G4, or G5 with Linux http://www.ghacks.net/2009/06/10/revive-your-old-mac-g3-g4-or-g5-with-linux/ A technology blog covering software, mobile phones, gadgets, security, the Internet and other relevant areas. Wed, 25 Nov 2009 01:47:15 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Geoff http://www.ghacks.net/2009/06/10/revive-your-old-mac-g3-g4-or-g5-with-linux/#comment-919256 Geoff Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:30:14 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/2009/06/10/revive-your-old-mac-g3-g4-or-g5-with-linux/#comment-919256 I installed Ubuntu 9.10 on my old g4/450. I was going to toss it, but I use it all the time now! Its quite slow launching applications, but once they're up, everything seems to work well! I might drop in another video card (available cheap!) and some more RAM to speed performance up a bit, but It certainly feels good to get that box up and running again. I installed Ubuntu 9.10 on my old g4/450.

I was going to toss it, but I use it all the time now! Its quite slow launching applications, but once they’re up, everything seems to work well! I might drop in another video card (available cheap!) and some more RAM to speed performance up a bit, but It certainly feels good to get that box up and running again.

]]> By: GoblinX Project » GoblinX Newsletter, Issue 204 (06/14/2009) http://www.ghacks.net/2009/06/10/revive-your-old-mac-g3-g4-or-g5-with-linux/#comment-835447 GoblinX Project » GoblinX Newsletter, Issue 204 (06/14/2009) Mon, 22 Jun 2009 11:22:08 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/2009/06/10/revive-your-old-mac-g3-g4-or-g5-with-linux/#comment-835447 [...] Revive your old Mac G3, G4, or G5 with Linux [...] [...] Revive your old Mac G3, G4, or G5 with Linux [...]

]]> By: Revive your old Mac G3, G4, or G5 with Linux | Mash Central http://www.ghacks.net/2009/06/10/revive-your-old-mac-g3-g4-or-g5-with-linux/#comment-822570 Revive your old Mac G3, G4, or G5 with Linux | Mash Central Thu, 11 Jun 2009 21:34:17 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/2009/06/10/revive-your-old-mac-g3-g4-or-g5-with-linux/#comment-822570 [...] Read the original post:  Revive your old Mac G3, G4, or G5 with Linux [...] [...] Read the original post:  Revive your old Mac G3, G4, or G5 with Linux [...]

]]> By: defraz http://www.ghacks.net/2009/06/10/revive-your-old-mac-g3-g4-or-g5-with-linux/#comment-822493 defraz Thu, 11 Jun 2009 20:38:31 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/2009/06/10/revive-your-old-mac-g3-g4-or-g5-with-linux/#comment-822493 Look also to fedora, using it on my ibook g4 and everithing is beautiful and leading edge ;)) Look also to fedora, using it on my ibook g4 and everithing is beautiful and leading edge ;))

]]> By: Gen2ly http://www.ghacks.net/2009/06/10/revive-your-old-mac-g3-g4-or-g5-with-linux/#comment-822449 Gen2ly Thu, 11 Jun 2009 19:57:03 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/2009/06/10/revive-your-old-mac-g3-g4-or-g5-with-linux/#comment-822449 Arch linux also has a PPC installer, it's a text bases installer so you'll need to follow the guide closely. Also too I'd recommend that Mac's have at least 384MB of RAM, that's what i got on my ibook and it just barely get's by with Gnome. http://www.archlinuxppc.org/download/ http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Official_Arch_Linux_Install_Guide Arch linux also has a PPC installer, it’s a text bases installer so you’ll need to follow the guide closely. Also too I’d recommend that Mac’s have at least 384MB of RAM, that’s what i got on my ibook and it just barely get’s by with Gnome.

http://www.archlinuxppc.org/download/
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Official_Arch_Linux_Install_Guide

]]> By: dragonbite http://www.ghacks.net/2009/06/10/revive-your-old-mac-g3-g4-or-g5-with-linux/#comment-822231 dragonbite Thu, 11 Jun 2009 16:33:01 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/2009/06/10/revive-your-old-mac-g3-g4-or-g5-with-linux/#comment-822231 If you need to install via DVD and the machine doesn't have one you may want to look into UNetbootin if the machine can boot from a usb stick. The advantage is if the USB stick is big enough you can place an entire DVD on it. Otherwise, look at a CD of a NetInstaller. They are ~100 MB installer that gets all of its packages during the actual installation over the internet. If you need to install via DVD and the machine doesn’t have one you may want to look into UNetbootin if the machine can boot from a usb stick. The advantage is if the USB stick is big enough you can place an entire DVD on it.

Otherwise, look at a CD of a NetInstaller. They are ~100 MB installer that gets all of its packages during the actual installation over the internet.

]]> By: NightFlyer http://www.ghacks.net/2009/06/10/revive-your-old-mac-g3-g4-or-g5-with-linux/#comment-821058 NightFlyer Thu, 11 Jun 2009 08:47:43 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/2009/06/10/revive-your-old-mac-g3-g4-or-g5-with-linux/#comment-821058 "Yellow God Linux is a Linux distribution that is only created for PPC architecture." I think that's meant to be Yellow Dog “Yellow God Linux is a Linux distribution that is only created for PPC architecture.”

I think that’s meant to be Yellow Dog

]]> By: phaoloo http://www.ghacks.net/2009/06/10/revive-your-old-mac-g3-g4-or-g5-with-linux/#comment-820773 phaoloo Thu, 11 Jun 2009 00:19:20 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/2009/06/10/revive-your-old-mac-g3-g4-or-g5-with-linux/#comment-820773 Nice tips Nice tips

]]> By: Scott Wallace http://www.ghacks.net/2009/06/10/revive-your-old-mac-g3-g4-or-g5-with-linux/#comment-820701 Scott Wallace Wed, 10 Jun 2009 22:38:35 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/2009/06/10/revive-your-old-mac-g3-g4-or-g5-with-linux/#comment-820701 Ubuntu Jaunty is also available for PowerPC, WITH a graphical installer: http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ports/releases/jaunty/release/ubuntu-9.04-desktop-powerpc.iso or the alternate CD: http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ports/releases/jaunty/release/ubuntu-9.04-alternate-powerpc.iso Ubuntu Jaunty is also available for PowerPC, WITH a graphical installer:
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ports/releases/jaunty/release/ubuntu-9.04-desktop-powerpc.iso
or the alternate CD:
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ports/releases/jaunty/release/ubuntu-9.04-alternate-powerpc.iso

]]> By: Karl http://www.ghacks.net/2009/06/10/revive-your-old-mac-g3-g4-or-g5-with-linux/#comment-820639 Karl Wed, 10 Jun 2009 21:06:51 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/2009/06/10/revive-your-old-mac-g3-g4-or-g5-with-linux/#comment-820639 One of the problems with these distributions is that they require DVD players, which many of the old Macs do not have. I wound up installing Debian without the gui - http://www.debian.org/ports/powerpc/ - on my G4. One of the problems with these distributions is that they require DVD players, which many of the old Macs do not have. I wound up installing Debian without the gui – http://www.debian.org/ports/powerpc/ – on my G4.

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