[GLLUG] Can Linux be loaded on an old Apple PowerBook G4

[Karl Schuttler]

Hey Tony. You can definitely load some flavor of linux on it; be sure
to get the PowerPC of the distro you are interested in, ad the G4 has
a PowerPC processor and not a modern one (x86, amd64).

Ubuntu PowerPC: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PowerPCDownloads

Be aware that Ubuntu stopped officially supporting PowerPC several
major versions ago (7.04 i think? Currently on 11.04), but there is a
community that ports them over.

But perhaps you are having other issues? Your computer is definitely
outdated, but what benefits do you want from upgrading? I'm not sure
that you'd see a performance increase.

Karl

On Sat, Jul 30, 2011 at 10:46 AM, Troy <w8tcc at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Do you or any of your friends know if linux of any type be loaded onto an
> apple powerbook G4. The highest software that I can load is 10.4. So this
> apple is almost totally outdated. Being that the subsystem is somewhat
> linux, (some linux commands work in the terminal mode) I thought that I
> could possibly put some linux distro on it.
> Thank you Troy Creed
>
> 73 de w8tcc, troy -.-
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