[nmglug] G4 iBook and Ubuntu?

[BrianO'Keefe]

Hmm,
I used to run Ubuntu on my G4 powerbook with no problem, other than the 
fact that less and less support was offered for the PPC platform as time 
wore on. I think I gave up around versions 6.x as flash and other issues 
became a pain. In any case, I never had trouble and saw no B43 driver 
issues. Maybe you could try an older version? What version is Ubuntu 
even issuing for PPC? I found Debian to be the best and even Fedora 
worked better.

Brian

On 05/07/2014 07:50 PM, Ted Pomeroy wrote:
> NMGLug'ers,  Well the message is I have made a disk for Rob to try
> Ubuntu on his iBiook. I couldn't get the Mac to fully boot, it hangs
> on dev, complains about the usual "missing B43 drivers."  I wonder if
> we can find a good ppc image that will boot or if we can convince this
> one to go ahead without the b43 firmware.
> Thanks, Ted P.
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