[CentOS] [OT] linux on a PPC (mac mini)

Tue Sep 15 18:47:01 UTC 2015
Jeremy Hoel <jthoel at gmail.com>

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

On Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 2:29 AM, wwp <subscript at free.fr> 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
>
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