[Tfug] iMac G5 and Linux

[William Stott]

Perhaps this article will help you:

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-ydlg5.html?ca=dgr-mw11LinxOnG5

I am a fan of OS X so I haven't even tried to run Linux right off the box. I have Parallels and a little extra memory so I can run Windows, FreeBSD, and SUSE. I have only good things to say about the experience so far...

Thanks,

William E. Stott, III ]-[ Staff Information System Engineer
-----Original Message-----
From: tfug-bounces at tfug.org [mailto:tfug-bounces at tfug.org] On Behalf Of Wayde C. Gutman
Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2007 6:47 AM
To: tfug at tfug.org
Subject: [Tfug] iMac G5 and Linux

Just thought I take a stab here, anyone using Linux on a iMac G5, 
believe me, I am TRYING.

I have tried using the followings, Ubuntu 6.06 LTS, Debian PPC 4.0 
('Etch'), Fedora Core 6, and Gentoo.

At least with Gentoo, I get to the console mode, but it doesn't see my 
hardware, LiveCD only, and will only boot with
'video=ofonly' in place.

The video used during installation is 800 by 600, thousands of color 
setting.

My iMac G5 is third generation with iSight.

Thanks for your time,

Wayde

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