On Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:39:35 -0700 (PDT) Joby Kent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Maybe you could help me... I have an iMac (early 2008) 3.06GHz and > want to put Linux on here, Either Ubuntu, gOS Space or gOS 3.0. How do > I go about installing gOS or ubuntu on a mac? I've already got > Bootcamp set up, but not sure about tri-boot right now, and drivers. [snipped] IThe Ubuntu family 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) was the last version that was available for PPC computers because of a serious flaw in encoding the cryptographic libraries that had been found. The last official PPC version was Ubuntu 6.06.2 (Dapper Drake) which had Long Term Support (LTS). You can get these at: http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ports/releases/7.10/release/ http://ubuntu.cs.utah.edu/releases/6.06/ However, Apple's venture into the joint Intel/PPC architecture has brought rumours that they are not going to support the Quicksilver machines soon, nor any Mac OS prior to Leopard. That being so, you would be better off getting Debian 5.0 ("Denny"); its the distro on which Ubuntu is based. it doesn't use the sudo system nor Ubuntu's repositories but these are the only major differences, and they have a PPC version: -- Graham Todd --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gOS Linux" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/goslinux?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
