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...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 -------------- next part -------------...

...15 um 17:12 schrieb Keith Keller <kkeller at wombat.san-francisco.ca.us>: > On 2015-09-15, wwp <subscript at free.fr> wrote: >> >> 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. > > You might try Ubuntu or Debian. Keep in mind that Macs presen...

...at 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? >> >&...

On 2015-09-15, wwp <subscript at free.fr> wrote: > > 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. You might try Ubuntu or Debian. Keep in mind that Macs present their own challenge...

...9-15, Leon Fauster <leonfauster at googlemail.com> wrote: >> On 2015-09-15, wwp <subscript at free.fr> wrote: >>> >>> 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. > > this also helps to boot > > http://www.rodsb...

...sappointed 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, > >...