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Debian doesn’t work any more on PPC Macs, nor does any other Linux distro I’m afraid. At least I couldn’t find one when I was looking into this recently that wa

by jmmv 5y ago

Debian doesn’t work any more on PPC Macs, nor does any other Linux distro I’m afraid. At least I couldn’t find one when I was looking into this recently that was actively maintained. Of course you can go with an older version of Debian. Or you can give FreeBSD a spin. Still works nicely on those old machines, including the latest versions! (NetBSD and OpenBSD work too, but they are harder to install and their boot loader is pickier.)

flatiron 5y ago
Yer right! I had no clue they retired Debian on 32 bit PPC! End of an era!
- unixhero 5y ago
  Wrong https://t2sde.org/architectures/powerpc64/ https://t2sde.org/architectures/powerpc64/
  - anthk 5y ago
    That's a 64 bit G5. It won't work on a G3/G4.
    - unixhero 5y ago
      Well it wasn't specified. But here https://t2sde.org/architectures/powerpc/ https://t2sde.org/architectures/powerpc/
      - flatiron 5y ago
        That’s…………not Debian
        unixhero 5y ago
        It is a Linux which builds and supports PPC Big Endian in 2022
- zozbot234 5y ago
  The official port is dead, but unofficial development builds are still available. E.g. here https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/ports/current/ https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/ports/current/ is a Debian 11 netinst for `powerpc`. More information at https://www.debian.org/ports/powerpc/ https://www.debian.org/ports/powerpc/
drewzero1 5y ago
Check out Adelie Linux[0]. I haven't committed to installing it on my iMac G4 yet, but I've tried the liveCD and it looks promising! It's been featured a few times on the "Action Retro" Youtube channel. (Incidentally, a rising star of my favorite youtube creators.) [0] https://www.adelielinux.org/ https://www.adelielinux.org/ [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLLfCgBu96M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLLfCgBu96M