Linux for Macintosh?

newbiesforever · 04-25-2006, 04:41 PM

Can Macintosh users use Linux, or is it for PCs only?

pljvaldez · 04-25-2006, 04:42 PM

By all means yes! Well, I should caveat that with you need to select a distro for PPC architecture. So when you download an ISO image to install, just make sure it is PPC (power PC, i.e. Mac). I know for sure Debian and Ubuntu support PPC, not sure about the rest...

Emerson · 04-25-2006, 04:52 PM

Yellow Dog - Linux for Mac

pljvaldez · 04-25-2006, 04:59 PM

Found this at distrowatch. Search under architectures for powerPC, there were quite a few...

IBall · 04-25-2006, 08:32 PM

What type of Mac do you have?

Some Macs are more linux friendly than others - eg my Powerbook G4 refuses to sleep or connect to the wireless network even though the Airport is detected.

I suggest that you research very carefully about Linux compatibility with your Mac (Yellowdog has a good hardware listing) before you install.

--Ian

Penguin of Wonder · 04-25-2006, 08:54 PM

You can put linux on just about anything. Your pc, mac, palm, phone. As that Coke commerical said, "It's all good D"

newbiesforever · 04-26-2006, 12:05 AM

Actually, I don't have a Mac...it was a curiosity-based question. Back in high school (mid-to-late nineties), I was on the PC side in the Holy War. (I'm more reasonable and openminded now, though.) Our side won, but dishonorably--our reluctant ally, Microsoft, assimilated Apple.