Kubuntu On PowerMac G4?

Matthew Flaschen matthew.flaschen at gatech.edu
Sun Mar 25 02:00:07 UTC 2007


Graham wrote:
> I have just been bequeathed a PowerMac G4.  The machine has been
> refurbished in the past year and has 1G of ram inside, with an 80G hard
> drive but I don't know much more about it than that.
> 
> Will Kubuntu install on the PowerMac G4?  Or do I have to add something
> else first?  Can anybody point me to any How-Tos covering Kubuntu
> running on a PowerMac?

Yes, I believe so
(https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/PowerPC?highlight=%28PowerPC%29),
 but have not personally tested.  However, you should be aware that
Canonical has discontinued official support for the PowerPC version
(https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2007-February/000098.html)
beginning with Feisty.

Matthew  Flaschen




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