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Very bad news. I don't see how Lubuntu or Ubuntu-Mate will be able to continue PPC support without Debian, since all Ubuntu-based distros come from Debian unstable. Unless they do the porting...

Luigi, that is interesting. I have a Radeon 4450 but I have not tried in the 16x slot. Are there stability issues if the OpenFirmware/nvidia card is moved to 8x? I know there are stability issues...

Right now you could see if you can confirm my bug on another system and if so enter a bug report...
If you can get a G5 (preferably an 11,2 - the ones with PCIe but it probably doesn't matter much...

Hey Luigi, Yep I agree with all you said! What I was thinking is I can make the kernel and xorg *think* there is only one PCIe GPU if I could use sysvinit instead of systemd. With sysvinit I can...

Luigi,
Do you think xorg is broken or systemd? If it is xorg broken, I think X1000, X5000 and Sam would have the same problem? I was thinking maybe problems are something to do with systemd. With...

I think systemd-shim is broken on PPC for 16.10 and 16.04.
I've been trying to get 16.04 and/or 16.10 working on G5/quad with Radeon HD 4650 but keep running into issues. I suspect it may have...

Awesome thanks! I'll try it out this weekend :)

Hey Luigi,
Have you written installation procedure for 15.10? Is it the same as for 14.04?
I've been trying and trying 16.04 but no luck, I think resulting from issue with systemd and vga...

Hey sorry this is coming a little late but...
I also had unresolvable issues trying to get any Linux distro to work with my Apple/OpenFirmware Radeon X1900. I think its because the Radeon X1900 is...

luigi, I've been experiencing the same problem with my 11,2 G5. I've tried my Radeon HD 4650 in 8x with stock card in 16x. Will run nouveau on the 16x but when I try to use the Radeon I get the...

Not necessarily about testing, but very relevant to the PPC community, has anyone heard of the Talos workstation project by Raptor Engineering? It would be exciting to welcome a new high-performance...

Hi - I've read through this thread and just want to make sure I'm understanding things correctly...
Background: I have a PPC 970MP Quad (PM 11,2) with a Radeon HD4550 in the x16 PCI slot (very...

Ok, great, I will try it out, hopefully tomorrow! Also, I've discovered a way to operate our G5 machines with only the x86 Radeon card, in the 16x slot, with no Apple-flashed card. Boot into Open...

FINALLY! Working, very stable with hardware acceleration! I feel like I have a new PPC64 machine!

Great I'll try this tonight after work! Wish me luck! Thanks for all your help :)

I tried to install Lubuntu 14 using my nvidia 6600 (16x) and the Radeon 4550 (8x) but can't seem to get anywhere... I get video on only the nvidia display after installation. I tried editing the...

Yes! My Quad G5 is still my favorite computer after all these years! I'm planning to get a newer Radeon to try a newer card as well, but a friend gave me the HD 4550 for free so I tried it out. I'm...

This is great! I also have a 2.5 quad and I just got a Radeon HD 4550 working in it :) Thank you for all your work and sharing this info! Have you been able to get hardware acceleration working...