I've got Intel, Early 2008 model. The latest iMac.
On Aug 28, 5:21 pm, Graham Todd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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
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