Dont know why but my tigers dvd wont load in my mac mini powerpc g4 hopefully, i can read it from another dvd drive, namely my macbook pros one. I find that netbsd runs pretty well on my power mac g4, and according to wikipedia the imac had a much faster ppc processor. Mac os x support mac software other apple hardware laptops laptop compatibility. The maximum version of mac os x, os x, or macos supported by each g3 and later mac follows. It would likely be better suited to the task than an ultraportable laptop, too. Revive your old mac g3, g4, or g5 with linux ghacks tech news. The installer is pretty simple, but the disk utility for formattingpartitioning is kind of hidden. Sep 06, 2005 when you install your first os be that os 9. Five interesting quirks about working with the mac mini g4 we take live, or bootable, usb drives for granted these days, but in 2005, booting into a usb drive on a mac was really complicatedto the point where i might have been better off burning a cd, even though i havent done anything like that in nearly a decade. I would mention that out of the box they usually take a good deal of tweaking to get the display to work. The original mac mini was introduced in january 2005 at 1. The mac os x installer is very unkind to existing systems when it installs. The hp z2 mini g4 is a small wonder, packing workstationclass parts and performance into a compact chassis that can stow anywhere.
Macfixer mac software library a growing compendium of early mac system, utility and game installers the internet archive the grand attic of the internet adds software to its collection. Apple power mac g4 quicksilver, singledual 733mhz1ghz g4, 200102 apple power mac g4 mirror, singledual 11. Revive your old mac g3, g4, or g5 with linux by jack wallen on june 10, 2009 in linux last update. I put wheezy on a g3 imac, a g4 powermac cube, g5 imac, and ubuntu on a g4 mac mini. Feb 19, 2019 five interesting quirks about working with the mac mini g4 we take live, or bootable, usb drives for granted these days, but in 2005, booting into a usb drive on a mac was really complicatedto the point where i might have been better off burning a cd, even though i havent done anything like that in nearly a decade. How do you setup gnulinux on an imac g4 apple community.
Ill be happy to show off my frankensteins monster of technology. The apple ilife software suite is included along with mac os x. There are also some experimental os options like morphos amigalike and darwin apples open source version of os x without the mac gui. In this tutorial ill show how you can put ubuntu linux on a powerbook g4 and resurrect one of these durable old laptops from the dead. Open source linux ppc g4 mac a few results point back to apple discussions, where there were inquiries. What is the best operating system for a powerbook g4 and. A mac mini g4 can run some variants of linux, freebsd, openbsd and netbsd and runs lightweight x11 desktop environments like lxde and xfce acceptably. An inexpensive, readily available powerpc system in a small, quiet and attractive chassis.
The superdrive is bumped from 4x to 8x, can now burn. Run nearly any operating system on a mac running windows on mac is only the beginning. If you want to do anything custom in that regard, boot off the mac os x cd and look for disk utility in the menu bar. Four source code, development, known issues and to report bugs please see the github. I am trying to cover all the issues i had with linux installation process and getting apple hardware t o run happily with linux few things before we start. Hello, i own 6 powerpc macs in total see them in my signature, and most of them ive found uses for. Modern versions of java are available through ibm java and openjdk. How to install linux mint on a powerpc mac youtube.
As the g4 powerbooks are no longer supported by apple i would agree with quora user and try a powerpc linux distribution although it looks like mintppc has been abandoned. Other users should maintain a good amount of circulation around their machine, possibly avoiding cpu intensive things like shrinking large partitions. Sep 12, 20 installing ubuntu linux mint on macmini is easy, but getting it to work the way you normally want a pc to run is a bit difficult meaning, run smoothly and making all peripherals work. If you have a imac, powermac g3, g4 cube included, or g5 with firewire, or some usb only powerbook g3, mac mini g4, or ibook g3 or g4 with firewire links to tip to identify your mac, read the top of this tip, otherwise go to the intel section of this tip. Installing windows me on a quantum bigfoot tx duration. Jun 11, 2017 a g4 mac mini might have a chance at outperforming that, and 1gb is more than sufficient for a textonly ssh console for things like irssi and alpine.
The mac mini was introduced in january 2005, using powerpc g4 processors. For all macs that are compatible with a specifc maximum supported version of mac os x courtesy of s ultimate mac sort click the os of interest. Building a tigers bootable usb key to build a bootable usb. If you want to see firsthand the powerbook g4 running linux and youre attending macstock july 15 and 16, find me. Amazon links are powered by the amazon associates program. For documentation, release notes and githubhosted downloads, please see the official homepage. Pcbasic is a free, crossplatform interpreter for gwbasic, basica, pcjr cartridge basic and tandy gwbasic. All you need is a usb drive of a least 2gb in size and an internet connection to get started. The second generation mac mini, introduced in february 2006, carried over the design of the powerpc version, but used intel core processors and other upgraded components, and made wireless connections such as bluetooth and wifi standard. Dec 18, 2015 ever considered linux as an alternative to your aging os x version. If youre going for mac os x, then i suggest using at least 10. Five interesting quirks about working with the mac mini g4.
It is one of four desktop computers in the current macintosh lineup, serving as an alternative to the allinone imac, and sits below the performance range imac pro and mac pro the mac mini is apples only consumer desktop computer since 1998 to ship without a display, keyboard, or mouse. What about installing alongside other linux distros. Apr 30, 2011 dont know why but my tigers dvd wont load in my mac mini powerpc g4 hopefully, i can read it from another dvd drive, namely my macbook pros one. I use it as a router so i cant speak to the usability of x, but it works great from the cli. Powerful and easy computing in a small package can be yours today. You neednt throw out the baby with the bathwater and wipe your old mac s hard drive clean before trying it out. In july, apple bumped base ram from 256 mb to 512 mb. This post will aggregate a collection of links and resources for finding and downloading old mac software, including old mac system software, old macintosh applications, and more, for everything from older intel macs, to powerpc macs, to 68040. Running linux takes a little more work to work with efi. Building a tigers bootable usb key to build a bootable usb continue reading boot mac mini g4 from usb. If you are planning on doing a new installation of mac os x, though, do it before installing debian.
This image utilizes the apple asr system and will boot your mac when finished to the. Razer uses some odd proprietary way to control keyboard brightness via software that. Jun 23, 2018 whatever the older macintosh computer is, to make it useful nowadays youd likely want to find and download some old mac software for it. Installing ubuntulinux mint on macmini is easy, but getting it to work the way you normally want a pc to run is a bit difficult meaning, run smoothly and making all peripherals work. You neednt throw out the baby with the bathwater and wipe your old macs hard drive clean before trying it out.
I am trying to cover all the issues i had with linux installation process and getting apple hardware t o run happily with linux. Macos high sierra ist beispielsweise unter diesem link im mac app store verfugbar. Linux is less resource demanding, and light desktop environments make your linux installation very fast and smooth. There is no further discussion of the intel based mac minis on this page. Boot camp will be the easier route to go, running win 7. If you are unable to gain an image during install, try a different model of monitor. Upgrade the processor on an older macintosh g4 engadget. Use the option key, when possible instead apple community. Ive been working on a mini pc built within a 17 imac g4 housing and while i am oh so close to finishing, i have a couple of issues. Sep 30, 2016 installing linux to a 16 year old mac powerpc g4.
December 28, 2012 23 comments do you have an old mac g3 or g4 lying around doing nothing. There are some differences between the powerpc version of ubuntu and the versions of ubuntu for officially supported architectures. Whatever the older macintosh computer is, to make it useful nowadays youd likely want to find and download some old mac software for it. It has a g4 processor, not intel, its a great machine and unfortunately it is being outdated, is there any hope. Just be aware that these computers are os x native, and have powerpc processors, while the most part of pc processors in the world are x86 architecture, so many linux apps and drivers are not optimised or even inexistent in. All of these design terms were the same during the powerpc era of time. Apple power mac g4 yellow dog linux fixstars solutions. Why the original mac mini shouldnt be considered a road apple, maximum power mac ram, a dual 933 mhz g4 upgrade, and more. Revive a powerpc mac running linux the mac observer. In this video, we will take a look at installing linux mint on a powerbook g4.
He chooses to install it on a vintage imac g4, and get it on the network, but. Vmware fusion lets you choose from hundreds of supported operating systems, from lesserknown linux distributions to the latest windows 10 release. Linux multi booting windows biosuefi post installation audio hdmi audio. Power macintosh beige g3 minitower, powermac oldworld. The smallest, cheapest mac ever could have been faster and even cheaper if steve jobs hadnt insisted it had to be so small. This page lists linux equivalents for popular mac os x software.
Running an old version of osx leopard in 20 just doesnt make sense. Some monitors do not function with the latest shipping version of this product. Mac mini m9686lla powermac10,1 a1103 2026 all mac mini models all 2005 models dynamically compare this mac to others. The mac mini stylized with a lowercase mini is a desktop computer made by apple inc. Jun 10, 2009 revive your old mac g3, g4, or g5 with linux by jack wallen on june 10, 2009 in linux last update. Installation guide for ubuntulinux mintdebian on a mac mini. Aug 27, 2018 the hp z2 mini g4 is a small wonder, packing workstationclass parts and performance into a compact chassis that can stow anywhere.
Nachteil, es gibt leider viel weniger software als fur macos. Installing ubuntu linux powerpc on an imac g4 krazy kens. Pcbasic is free and open source software released under the gplv3. Revive your old mac g3, g4, or g5 with linux ghacks tech. G5 is my main mac, imac g4 is for music and writing, ibook g4 is laptop, intel imac is file server. Macs by maximum supported version of mac os x os x. Heres how i booted the mini from a usb key to reinstall mac os x.
It is certainly possible, and there are actually quite elegant solutions for the newworld macs, to dual boot your debian powermac system with mac os andor mac os x. This post will aggregate a collection of links and resources for finding and downloading old mac software, including old mac system software, old macintosh applications, and more, for everything from older intel macs, to powerpc macs, to 68040 and 030 macs. Morphos brings with it a large library of very usable software, much like a modern linux distribution. The powerpc version of ubuntu, which is communitysupported rather than officially supported, should run on your mac that has a g4 processor. For complete specs on a particular system, click the name of the mac. The only powerpc macs that can use a 64bit operating system are g5 imacs and power macs.
But then i have my mac mini g4 which is not being put to good use r. Companies such as dell and hp attempt to steal the design that makes the macbook pro what it is. Os x runs really slowly on it these days so i thought lightweight linux would be perfect. A mac version of a linux distro or the real mac os x. From this point on, you should read mac mini as g4 mac mini. Device drivers are usually the issue running linux and those dont seem to crop up until you do an actual install rather than running from a livecd, but your model is old enough that driver support should be fairly good. Use virtualisation software by far the best way to install linux on a mac is to use virtualisation software, such as virtualbox or parallels desktop.
I have an old imac g4 i want to breathe some life into. After talking with others in our smallbutgrowing linux ppc facebook group. Oct 17, 2017 see how well ubuntu linux runs on your mac. I have only used linux on the g4 macs in my collection and mostly debian.
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