Linux on an iMac G5 (iSight)

scooba_steve · 02-12-2006, 09:34 PM

Hi, I'm new to Linux. I was wondering if there are any linux distros currently available that are compatible with the 2nd rev iMac G5, you know, the one with the iSight camera and remote. Mine is a 20" w/ 2.1Ghz G5 chip and 512MB of ram. Are there any LiveCDs that work with this machine or anything? I tried booting the Ubuntu Breezy LiveCD, but no luck..

microsoft/linux · 02-12-2006, 09:36 PM

did you have the PPC version of Ubuntu? You're going to need that, because and x86 livecd won't work.

scooba_steve · 02-12-2006, 09:41 PM

I'm using the PPC LiveCD for Ubuntu. I'm not that stupid! And the same discs work fine on my G3 and G4.

By the way, I don't own any functional x86 machines, so if I wanted to use an x86 Linux then I would use VirtualPC.

microsoft/linux · 02-12-2006, 10:49 PM

No, no, you misunderstand. I'm not trying to say your stupid, at all! I just try to check every possibility before jumping into the more "in-depth" stuff. What happened when you tried to boot it? I don't use a Mac, so I'm not fully sure how it works. IIRC you've gotta hold 'c' when booting right? There's no BIOS or anything that needs to be potentially changed?

peonuser · 05-24-2008, 11:54 PM

ubuntu ppc iso page:
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ports/releases/hardy/release/

scooba_steve · 05-26-2008, 03:43 AM

LOL. I'm not really worried about running Ubuntu on that iMac G5 anymore! I have a MacBook Pro now with Ubuntu Studio installed in VMWare, works great.