[nmglug] G4 iBook and Ubuntu?

[Satsangat Khalsa]

I found Linux Mint kept up on versions for PPC/Mac, but I haven't tried to
bring up powerbooks in some time.   Debian had options, as well.  I think
these would be the best.  The Fedora track (Yellow Dog Linux) moved into
building Playstation OS and I don't think they're active with PPC?Mac
anymore.


On Thu, May 8, 2014 at 9:56 AM, BrianO'Keefe <okeefe at cybermesa.com> wrote:

> 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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