Hi, thanks to all for your replies to this off-topic thread! I succeeded in installing a 15.04 Mate Ubuntu, had to struggle a bit to get sound, wifi and video stability (found easy fixes on the web about these). Still remains incorrect desktop colors (something wrong about big endian somewhere in a lib, not fixed AFAIK), but at least I can use the mac mini as a (slow) sound station using rhythmbox + my hifi. Thanks again, regards On Tue, 15 Sep 2015 16:10:55 -0400 Mauricio Tavares <raubvogel@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 2:47 PM, Jeremy Hoel <jthoel@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Besides the other linux distros mentioned, you have another more retro type > > choice > > > > http://www.macworld.com/article/2363177/macs/turn-your-g4-era-mac-into-a-next-gen-amiga.html > > > You know, I do have a G4 mini somewhere... I do wonder if it > also works under emulation (KVM AFAIK does support PPC). > > > On Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 2:29 AM, wwp <subscript@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > > >> Hello there, > >> > >> > >> complete off-topic, sorry about this, but my former idea was to install > >> a CentOS on an old mac mini (PPC!). Disappointed to see that PowerPC is > >> not a supported architecture and that non ARM or Intel architecture are > >> not managed by recent distros.. :-(. > >> > >> Searching the web, I see very few possibilities to install a recent (I > >> need gnome2) GNU/Linux distro on such hardware. I gave Linux MintPPC 11 > >> (http://www.mintppc.org/content/list-macs) a try, but the netinstall > >> iso simply fails in installing a boot loader that conserves the > >> original OS/X partition even after many tries and workarounds. > >> > >> Any hint or experience would be welcome? > >> > >> > >> Regards, > >> > >> -- > >> wwp > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> CentOS mailing list > >> CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx > >> https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > >> > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > CentOS mailing list > > CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx > > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos -- wwp
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