Actually, I think that the PPC distro for Ubuntu is barely on life-support. I'm not an ubutnu user, but I recall it being removed from the mirrors and put into "community support" status. Nothing inherently wrong with that, just not on the main mirrors. As an aside -- for older hardware that isn't the primary target for active distros, it is very much worth considering Gentoo. You HAVE to read the install docs. You HAVE to take your time and understand what you're doing. But you will end up with a working system that you can use pretty much forever. Gentoo still SUPPORTS architectures that are 20 years out of production. On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 5:31 PM, Ryan Coleman <ryanjcole at me.com> wrote: > I would think that there's just a PPC image listed for Ubuntu. I'm so far > removed from the PPC world I couldn't tell you anything with certainty. > > > On Mar 31, 2014, at 5:25 PM, paul g <pj.world at hotmail.com> wrote: > > I will do more reading on the situation I really really wish the computer > was at my location now but unfortunately it is not. > > Would it be out of place to ask you how I would know to choose either PPC > or MacPPC image? > > I will continue to do more reading this evening > > Thanks, > > ------------------------------ > Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 17:20:29 -0500 > From: david.wagle at gmail.com > To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org > Subject: Re: [tclug-list] Will GNU/Linux work with a MAC? > > Yes - this is actually a very key bit of information that is often missed > by people who only work with single chip types. > > > On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 5:13 PM, Ryan Coleman <ryanjcole at me.com> wrote: > > Paul, > > It looks to me that in order to get the correct Ubuntu edition for the > MAC is specifically a PowerPC download not just a standard .iso download, > will work. > > > That is correct - each build of an OS is targeted at a particular > architecture. > i386 = 32-bit Intel-style CPUs (including AMD) > AMD64 = 64-bit Intel-style CPUs (including AMD) > Sparc = Sparc-based systems > etc. etc. etc. > > I don't know if you would want a PPC or MacPPC image. There are three > different PPC processors in history: > 1) IBM > 2) Motorola > 3) Apple (which is either IBM or Motorola depending on the model > Macintosh). > > Further reading (historical information, mainly): > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PowerPC > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AIM_alliance > > > On Mar 31, 2014, at 4:59 PM, paul g <pj.world at hotmail.com> wrote: > > Thanks Ryan, > > The deal here with this Power Book G4 is I am trying to help out a friend > that knows some lesser about computers. run something newer than OSX Tiger. > At this point Firefox is stuck at 3.5--- and flash is outdated etc. So > without me knowing more about programming or whatever. I thought the best > anwser I could come up with for an operating system for them would be use > Ubuntu on the computer. It looks to me that in order to get the correct > Ubuntu edition for the MAC is specifically a PowerPC download not just a > standard .iso download, will work. > > Thanks for the tips in the following post 'zapping parameter Ram' is > important obviously. > > Thanks, > > ------------------------------ > From: ryanjcole at me.com > Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 15:37:58 -0500 > To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org > Subject: Re: [tclug-list] Will GNU/Linux work with a MAC? > > Paul, > > It should be as simple as pressing the "option" key when you hear the > chimes. > > You can also load the OS and go to Preferences and choose Startup Disk > (assuming OS X is installed) and select your Flash device. > > Also if none of this is working zapping the parameter RAM will do some > good. Press, and hold: Command, Option, P and R and let it cycle through a > series of startup chimes without letting go. I usually do this 10 times to > make sure it's cleared out. This was a common tip for the PPC machines from > Apple. > > -- > Ryan > > > On Mar 31, 2014, at 3:05 PM, paul g <pj.world at hotmail.com> wrote: > > I have done some more reading mostly on the Ubuntu PowerPC and guides as > far as setup. It looks like booting from flash drive requires some steps. > When I was in front of the Power Book 2 days ago. I tried holding down the > c key during boot with the original osx driver disk in the cd-drive it did > not load the cd and continued to load up to the splash screen. Either way > it looks like I have a bunch more reading to do. > > Thanks, > > ------------------------------ > From: stuporglue at gmail.com > Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2014 09:47:15 -0500 > To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org > Subject: Re: [tclug-list] Will GNU/Linux work with a MAC? > > You don't load a bios screen on a mac. However, to select your boot > source, you hold down the command key when you power it on. After the beep > you'll get a selection of boot locations that the computer can see at that > time. > > > Correct. Or, if you know you want to boot from the CD, just hold the "c" > key (or maybe it's option-c) before the chime. > > > > Once you have linux installed, you'll get the same thing. I think you'll > need to install rEFIt or some other EFI boot manager as well. > > > Not for PowerPC macs, EFI didn't pop up on Macs until they switched to > Intel chips. > > PowerPC Macs used Open Firmware, but you wouldn't want to get into Open > Firmware like you would the Bios. The Mac's UI and magic key combos will be > enough. You can always hold down option during boot to choose which device > to boot from, and there are a bunch of other combos that are useful for > this or that: > > http://davespicks.com/writing/programming/mackeys.html#boot > > -- > Michael Moore > > _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - > Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesotatclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > > _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - > Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > > _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - > Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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