How do i do to reinstall the os so the password gets removed. All mac os x were connected on intranet lan of an italian isp. Apples first generation mac mini is something which a lot of linux users have been waiting for. The g4 has a 10gb disk, and about 4gb of that is the installation however, i had installed gnome before i installed icewm, so that may have left bits lying around. This is a video tutorial that explains how it is possible to install mac os x 10. My current powerbook g4 has been my main laptop for a few months and i am pretty happy with debian on it right now. From this point on, you should read mac mini as g4 mac mini.
And, given most open source operating systems and software ive downloaded, its not worth the headaches. May 22, 2015 how to install windows xp on powerpc g4 in 2015 nick silverstein. Originally known as the new imac the imac g4 was created to replace the imac g3 as apples allinone desktop computer. Macfixer mac software library a growing compendium of early mac system, utility and game installers the internet archive the grand attic of the internet adds software to its collection. Is there a linux distribution, that runs on an old imac g5 with a powerpc processor. The imac intel presented here seems to consume 220 watts french measure. Hopefully you will successfully end with linux running your older mac hardware better than it ran when it. Quite a few people still have power mac g5s kicking around, and quite a few people have imac g3s around as well. Led screen a bit slow now for mountain lion but nevertheless the screen is vibrant, all the hardware is in one box with a 2. Operating systems since the release of leopard in 2007, the operating system has aged, and apple has dropped support. An inexpensive, readily available powerpc system in a small, quiet and attractive chassis. Viewsonic corporation, headquartered in brea, california, is a leading global provider of computing, consumer electronics, and communications solutions. As of 2012, support for safari has been dropped, and many other software companies dropped support a while ago. Revive your old mac g3, g4, or g5 with linux ghacks tech.
Once you download your iso images, burn them onto disk, and give the installation a try. I guess the best distro for the powerpc based pc is yellow dog linux ydl. Hi, i was given an old imac and have been trying to install linux on to it i partitioned the hard disk and tried rebooting with both a live cd and a live usb in both cases pressing the option button, however in all cases i still only get the option to boot into the mac os anyone have any ideas or has done this before i will have to follow up with exac hardware and os versions as i do. On top of that i had the whole of the linux catalog of software at my disposal. Some things that are very difficult to do in a graphical interface are very fast and efficient on the command line. Thats our guess of what still has the most ground in the powerpc world. Most systems use this kernel flavour, which supports the powerpc 601, 603, 604, 740, 750, and 7400 processors. You can do nearly everything that an old school mac mini is good for by using an. Handbrake is an opensource, gpllicensed, multiplatform, multithreaded video transcoder, available for mac os x, linux and windows. Now i had it in on a 933mhz g4 tower and i found it too be on the edge for acceptable use. After hours of failure, i finally got a working version of linux installed on my imac g4. So i have been wanting another powerpc machine to some more testing of different linux distros on.
Basically what the title says, am looking for a linux distro to install on my imac g5 power pc. That particular usb2 model happens to be my 2nd best imac flavour after the 20. Am currently running lubuntu from disc, but it hangs when trying to install it. Knoppix and the various other live isos are nice for x86 machines, but though os x is nice, and im not disparaging it it would be nice to have all the apps that come with kde and gnome, and to have them all available through a nice fluxbox or windowmaker desktop. The password is only in the os, not the bios as far as i know.
Do you have an old mac g3 or g4 lying around doing nothing. How do you setup gnulinux on an imac g4 apple community. Where can i find the linux distribution for the ppc architecture. Once installed you will have one of the most user friendly versions of linux on your mac. As useful and wellwritten as this article is, it has an incorrect assumption. Revive a powerpc mac running linux the mac observer. If youre wed to mac software, linux probably isnt going to be on our daily driver mac. My ibook is the strongest of my laptops, but its not running my favorite os. Lastly, i have an ibook g4 im trying to convert to ubuntu but im waiting for an install so i can reinstall mac os x 10.
How to install windows xp on powerpc g4 in 2015 youtube. It can also be used as classic mode on any powermac running mac os. Revive your old mac g3, g4, or g5 with linux ghacks tech news. I recently received a imac g4 with no os, so instead of buying osx i though why not try ubuntu.
Adjusting geometry in osx or resetting pram can impact your geometry in linux. The imac g4 700 flat panel, g4 800 flat panel, and g4 800 17inch flat panel are capable of booting in macos 9. How to install windows xp on powerpc g4 in 2015 nick silverstein. The ppc archive team ourselves has a variety of machines, ranging from imac g3s, blue and whites, ibooks, powerbooks, and g5 systems. Some 6 months or so ago i saw an ad for an imac g4 17 1. And, you may find through reading further, if you need to or dont start fresh and have a partition for each different os, or not. Apparently the seller was an it specialist, a great fan of linux, and had loaded lubunto onto the imac for the fun challenge. It also supports multiple file imports and exports. Does the powerpcbased mac mini g4 make a useful daily driver in 2019. In this feature we look at how to install linux on a mac including how to. He chooses to install it on a vintage imac g4, and get it on the network, but plenty of chaos ensues.
Ask different is a question and answer site for power users of apple hardware and software. In fact, 32bit powerpc support is going away in most. I found mintppc, based on the debian testing branch. I have an old imac g4 i want to breathe some life into. New to the scene is zoring os, another ubuntu based system with all the compiz fusion. Are there any lightweight distros which still keep an uptodate ppc version or am i out of luck here. There is no further discussion of the intel based mac minis on this page. Im a total linux noob and have unsuccessfully tried yellow dog linux. I have it running om my laptop right now so i know how to install ubuntu in principle. Lubuntu is a lightweight linux operating system based on ubuntu but using the lxde desktop environment. Installing ubuntu linux powerpc on an imac g4 krazy kens. It was reported to be in good condition, and as it was cheap, thought if nothing else it could eventually be useful as a spares machine. Monitor sections may be tied to specific outputs of the video card.
Linux is a powerful operating system beloved by coders and capable of breathing life into old macs. And, you may find through reading further, if you need to or dont start. The only powerpc macs that can use a 64bit operating system are g5 imacs and power macs. All apple power macintosh systems up to and including the g4 use processors supported by this kernel. Subsequent models are only capable of booting a version of macos x and running macos 9 applications in the classic environment provided by macos x 10. Just like other distro it is a free software and opensource linux distribution for power architecture hardware. What is the newest and lightest linux version i can run on a. He showed me some very basic functions which i was only half interested in, as id already decided i wanted the imac based on condition and price alone. The g4 is easily recognizable by its swiveling monitor mounted above the hemispherical computer. Os x runs really slowly on it these days so i thought lightweight linux would be perfect. Most people dont realize there are linux ports for ppc. Sep 21, 2016 if you have a g3 imac then the values you get from the ddcprobe command are likely to be too restrictive.
Oct 22, 20 whatever you may think about macs and os x, apple hardware is very nice. I would like to use the old imac as computer for my mother, she would only need an uptodate browser running, nothing more. In this tutorial ill show how you can put ubuntu linux on a powerbook g4 and resurrect one of these durable old laptops from the dead. However, when i put in a brand new hard drive it would not load the installation cd it is the ppc. There may be tasks where processing power isnt an issue, perhaps a home file server or web server, and there even a 233 mhz imac g3 may provide all the power you need. The tool comes with 2d drawing features such as a snap tool, dimensioning, and annotations. If you were careful, im sure you could get a very small install with openoffice installed without too many problems. Linux is an option, of coursea number of the open source. How to install windows xp without bootcamp utility on os x 10. Using mamp, tiger and leopard can be configured as unix servers. Running an old version of osx leopard in 20 just doesnt make sense. Sep 15, 2019 librecad is an open source cad tool that supports mac, windows, and linux operating systems. In this feature we look at how to install linux on a mac including how to completely replace. Also, since the linux system is commandline based, there are some functions which are only accessible from the command line.
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