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

[wwp]

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 at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 2:47 PM, Jeremy Hoel <jthoel at gmail.com> 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 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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