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    KUBUNTU on PowerPC mac?

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by imar3l, Dec 1, 2008.

  1. imar3l

    imar3l Notebook Evangelist

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    Do you think its possible to install KUBUNTU 8.1 on a powerpc ibook or emac. I got 2 of them hanging around.....not so great on running tiger or leopard so i thought linux might help.... :eek:
     
    imar3l, Dec 1, 2008
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  2. talin

    talin Notebook Prophet

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    Why not just try it and see? ;)
     
    talin, Dec 2, 2008
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  3. tyronne

    tyronne Notebook Evangelist

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    Forget UBuntu dude they got lack of drivers.

    Try Mandriva One you will love it. <-- the best Linux Distro ever.
     
    tyronne, Dec 2, 2008
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    Budding Notebook Virtuoso

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    You will need to install a distribution of Linux that is compatible with the PowerPC architecture. Ubuntu has officially dropped support for PowerPC, but there are some ports that might work ( http://penguinppc.org/).
     
    Budding, Dec 2, 2008
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