Where to download Ubuntu for PowerPC and other frequently asked questions

[ssam]

Ubuntu for PowerPC is now a community supported platform (the announcement). This means that ISO downloads have mean moved to the ports section of the Ubuntu sever, and no longer on most mirrors. You can download them from

Ubuntu intrepid

Ubuntu Hardy
Hardy alternate torrent
Hardy desktop torrent

Ubuntu Gutsy
Kubuntu Gutsy
Edubuntu Gutsy

There is a more complete list of download locations at: Ubuntu PowerPC Downloads

Answers to other PowerPC questions can be found in the Ubuntu PowerPC FAQ

There is a new resource for Linux on PowerPC at http://www.ppclinux.co.uk/

[Najand]

Do you have any idea where repositories are? Or is there any available at all?

[ssam]

## the main repos
deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty main restricted universe multiverse

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty-updates main restricted
deb-src http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty-updates main restricted

## security
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu feisty-security main restricted universe
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu feisty-security main restricted universe

#backports
deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty-backports main restricted universe multiverse

[jcompton]

Can somebody expand the explanation of how to do a proper 7.04 full Xubuntu install? Right now it simply says "It would be possible to install with this and then upgrade to the final release." which is a little vague for newcomers.

Does anybody know why there's no Xubuntu PPC final? Arguably it's the most useful of all the Ubuntus for PPC users, since it tends to cater to machines of a spec lower than that you'd want to comfortably run OSX on.

[stmiller]

Originally Posted by jcompton Can somebody expand the explanation of how to do a proper 7.04 full Xubuntu install? Right now it simply says "It would be possible to install with this and then upgrade to the final release." which is a little vague for newcomers. Does anybody know why there's no Xubuntu PPC final? Arguably it's the most useful of all the Ubuntus for PPC users, since it tends to cater to machines of a spec lower than that you'd want to comfortably run OSX on.

sudo apt-get install xubuntu-desktop

[Grexe]

wish I had found this thread earlier - had to go through Ubuntu->Kubuntu migration because I could not find the PPC ISO with Google

A note on repositories: I also had problems in finding repositories, also for Austria, the mirrors that are configured by the installer do not offer any PPC-binaries, so this is actually a bug.

You can use this handy repository-generator but be sure the mirror you select offers PPC-packages (just open one of the repository-URLs in your browser and look in dists/<your distro>/ if it contains a PPC-directory.
In my case, I had to switch to "Germany", you may want to pick the closest match that offers PPC-packages.

[Grexe]

reported as bug #113283 at
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...ty/+bug/113283

[Najand]

Seems repositories are all available through all official mirrors.

[JaceMan]

Originally Posted by ssam ## the main repos deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty main restricted universe multiverse deb-src http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty main restricted universe multiverse ## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the ## distribution. deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty-updates main restricted deb-src http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper-updates main restricted ## security deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu feisty-security main restricted universe deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-security main restricted universe #backports deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty-backports main restricted universe multiverse

Quick question... can I do a dist-upgrade from a previous install with these sources or would I be best served to download an ISO an do a FRESH install?

[DaDave]

Originally Posted by JaceMan Quick question... can I do a dist-upgrade from a previous install with these sources or would I be best served to download an ISO an do a FRESH install?

I did a dist-upgrade (xubuntu 6.10 to 7.04) with no problems...