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PoisonSerpent
June 17th, 2009, 01:00 AM
Hello everybody! Third thread to the forums,

I knew you guys' are really helpful, so I thought I would come to here.

I am getting a "new" iBook G3 Clamshell (Limited Edition), and if it has Mac OS 9 on it, I am upgrading it to Ubuntu. Now, what version would I install? I know there is a special version of Ubuntu for PPC's, but I couldn't find it in my searches in Google. Could any of you guys' help?

PS: If you read my previous post on a server, it's up and running! Thank you!
Mighty_Joe
June 17th, 2009, 01:59 PM
Have a look at this post (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1189135)
travisrichardson1980
June 17th, 2009, 03:04 PM
oh freaking sa-weet! email me a picture when you get it running!!!!!! i want to SEE this!

i'm highly inspired now.. i've always wanted an old iBook clamshell, but I don't like Mac OS... hmmmm..... good stuff!!!
PoisonSerpent
June 17th, 2009, 11:21 PM
Have a look at this post (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1189135)

I'm looking at the post right now. Will edit when I'm finished.

EDIT: Well, I'm leaning towards Xubuntu. I think it is what would be the best with only a 366MHz PowerPC and 320MB RAM. But what's the difference between Ubuntu and Xubuntu? I won't lose all the good stuff that Ubuntu has, will I? I don't care about Desktop effects (I couldn't run them anyways), but I do want most of the features that Ubuntu has. Nevermind. I just found out that the only main difference is that it uses the XCFE desktop environment instead of the GNOME desktop environment.


oh freaking sa-weet! email me a picture when you get it running!!!!!! i want to SEE this!

i'm highly inspired now.. i've always wanted an old iBook clamshell, but I don't like Mac OS... hmmmm..... good stuff!!!

Ahahah! Man, I am absolutely LOVING the enthusiasm! Good stuff! I'm getting it tomorrow/tomorrow night, so I'll be posting when it starts to install. :). Me excited! Just need to find a CD-R to burn the iso on... Hmm.
PoisonSerpent
June 20th, 2009, 06:08 PM
Have a look at this post (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1189135)

I found out that it is an iMac G3 SE with only 128MB RAM. Now, I don't think this is enough to run Xubuntu, sooo, I'm not too sure on how to go about this. I don't know how to partition it and dual-boot, so I don't think I will. If I do, I will definitely be posting it on YouTube.

Thanks for the help, I bookmarked the page that Mighty_Joe posted.

PoisonSerpent