Re: Wanting to experiment with Linux
You need at least to do 2 things: 1) partition your drive for Linux + swap 2) install refit for the dual boot options. That is where I am with this project. Cheers! -Quattro5. On Jan 15, 2012 5:28 PM, "Max LeBlanc" wrote: > > Sorry Fred, > > I read g5 and it's i5, disregard my previous post. I am currently working on turning a PowerBook Intel dual core to dual boot with MacOS, and the first challenges are with firmware loaders. To date, I haven't been able to boot any Linux on it (tried Mint,Ubuntu and fedora 16). > > Keep us posted of your experiments. > > Thanks, > > -Quattro5. > > On Dec 26, 2011 12:44 AM, "Fred Thiel and Janet Thiel" < fth...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > > > > I've got a 3.1GHz iMac core i5 with a spare 200 MB partition. I've always been intrigued by Linux systems and have read about several on this and other Mac lists. Any suggestions for a Linux newbie for a simple version? > > > > Thanks much > > Fred > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. > > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > > To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com > > To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Re: Wanting to experiment with Linux
Sorry Fred, I read g5 and it's i5, disregard my previous post. I am currently working on turning a PowerBook Intel dual core to dual boot with MacOS, and the first challenges are with firmware loaders. To date, I haven't been able to boot any Linux on it (tried Mint,Ubuntu and fedora 16). Keep us posted of your experiments. Thanks, -Quattro5. On Dec 26, 2011 12:44 AM, "Fred Thiel and Janet Thiel" wrote: > > I've got a 3.1GHz iMac core i5 with a spare 200 MB partition. I've always been intrigued by Linux systems and have read about several on this and other Mac lists. Any suggestions for a Linux newbie for a simple version? > > Thanks much > Fred > > -- > You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com > To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Re: Wanting to experiment with Linux
Hi Fred, I just finished installing Linux on my iMac g5; because of the 64 bits issue, you will feel kind of limited. I did try to install pretty much all Linux distros that were ppc64 compatible. I can't say that I'm knowledgeable, though; just like you, I am just starting to play with Linux on Intel and IBM processors. You can forget about mint, unless you use very early versions, but brace yourself for bugs related to the g5 processor. Fedora 12 worked good and it is the only distro that has out of the box support for your broadcom card. The software repositories for ppc are not very well supplied, though. I felt I lost a lot of control over my system though; no more playing around with CPU scaling for instance. Ubuntu worked pretty good, but is not very well supported, and could load my sound card (chip), whatever I did. Had the same issue with Fedora 16 (after much work arounds for the install). The best distro that opens the most possibilities is the latest Debian stable release (wheezy ppc64 in my case). Airport does not work out of the box, but there is a work around (b43-fwcutter firmware exrtactor), complete control over your system, and I was able to compile minitube for ppc64 by following the instructions that came with the source code. Next, I'm installing the rythmbox server to use my android phone as a remote for the Linux app, as these iMacs sound pretty good. Conclusion: follow my advice or not, but IMHO, the most powerful distro for g5 ppc64 is Debian. Whatever you decide to do, good luck and keep us posted of your progress. Cheers, Quattro5. On Dec 26, 2011 12:44 AM, "Fred Thiel and Janet Thiel" wrote: > > I've got a 3.1GHz iMac core i5 with a spare 200 MB partition. I've always been intrigued by Linux systems and have read about several on this and other Mac lists. Any suggestions for a Linux newbie for a simple version? > > Thanks much > Fred > > -- > You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com > To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Re: Wanting to experiment with Linux
On Dec 26, 12:44 am, Fred Thiel and Janet Thiel wrote: > I've got a 3.1GHz iMac core i5 with a spare 200 MB partition. I've always > been intrigued by Linux systems and have read about several on this and other > Mac lists. Any suggestions for a Linux newbie for a simple version? Try Linux Mint or Ubuntu. Linux Mint in particular boasts of being particularly user-friendly --something that cannot be said of ANY Linux flavor I have tinkered with, including Ubuntu and Debian. HTH, Felix -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Wanting to experiment with Linux
I've got a 3.1GHz iMac core i5 with a spare 200 MB partition. I've always been intrigued by Linux systems and have read about several on this and other Mac lists. Any suggestions for a Linux newbie for a simple version? Thanks much Fred -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist