Known to work: graphics, disk, USB, wired network, CD burning, firewire, modem, sleep/suspend, builtin wireless, touch pad, sound.Kernel 2.6.12 might bring massive improvements. These newer models are quite poorly supported. Section "Monitor" Identifier "Color LCD" added HorizSync 31-101 added VertRefresh 60-160 Option "DPMS" But only to 640x480 resolution will not allow you to change until I added syncs to monitor settings in /etc/X11/nf Unknown date - Subject: works ibook G3 700 installer works and boots up. Sleep/suspend works in Hoary with the 2.6.10-5-powerpc kernel on at least the Al G4 external display: does not work in Warty, works with new X.org server (now in Hoary).Known to NOT work: builtin wireless on newer models (i.e.Known to work: graphics, disk, CPU scaling, USB, sound, wired network, CD burning, firewire, modem, sleep/suspend.To my knowledge for Linux you require an internal CD and/or hard drive, unless someone manages to boot from USB.This page is for detailed descriptions of experiences with Apple Macintosh computers and install UbuntuĪ summary of compatability and experiences in a table form may be found at Please add your own experiences to either page, or both - but keep the main page clean and concise =) Installing Debian is easier and less demanding on ressources, but then it's less easy to add software with Debian. In use Lubuntu will be able to get going at 256MB RAM. The Ubuntu-family installer requires 750-1000MB RAM depending on what you do, so installing a Linux in the Ubuntu-family requires a powerful computer.
In any case I would rather try Lubuntu with the less demanding LXDE desktop than plain Ubuntu. I also had another slim drive so I upgraded it to DVD/CDRW combi, but this won't do for all slim drives as I tried another one first which didn't boot. I got one really cheap and was surprised to find it capable of booting PPC Macs, it's a Dell SEM-Q10E CD drive. If the PPC Mac is without internal drives I'd rather go for external firewire devices, smaller drives can be had second hand and even firewire CD drives. You may download an USB image specially made for PPC but I don't know if it will boot from USB. But to there it's really very easy from CD. But FreeBSD does, but I'm not far in my FreeBSD knowledge so I won't be able to help past the command line. I know Linux doesn't boot as OSX from an external firewire CD or drive.
Has anybody any reference of this being possible? To boot Linux from USB on a PPC Mac? I haven't read about it, but that doesn't mean it isn't possible.
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