Linux on a G4 iMac?

BLEH! · **Memory**: 24GB @ 1600 @ 9-10-9-27

Hey Gurus

I while ago I was gifted a several-year-old G4 POWERPC iMac by one of my friends in IT at work, but the thing's just been sat on my desk gathering dust because I can't stand macOS.

I figured it must be possible to install Linux on there, I've used Ubuntu in the past (10.5 properly), but I cannae stand the new GUI, so are there any other Windows-ish looking distro's out there that will run on PPC architecture/easy to install etc. etc.?

If I can't find a use for it it'll probably end up on eBay.

Cheers

BLEH!

k1net1cs · 06-11-2012, 17:50 | posts: 3,316

There's Arch Linux PPC and MintPPC.

BLEH! · **Memory**: 24GB @ 1600 @ 9-10-9-27

Cheers dude, I'll give mint a go, I've had a play with that on x86 before.

alanm · 06-12-2012, 02:35 | posts: 4,960

Love mint for pc, not sure how it works out for ppc. Pleasantly surprised how far linux has come over last few years.

k1net1cs · 06-12-2012, 09:43 | posts: 3,316

Mint is, personally, the logical departure from Ubuntu, even if Mint is based on Ubuntu.
MATE and Cinnamon are kinda like a panacea for Unity.
They're even going to sell Mint boxes now, as in portable PCs preloaded with Mint.

BLEH! · **Memory**: 24GB @ 1600 @ 9-10-9-27

That's pretty cool. I tried Ubuntu 11/12 and the interface is horrid (similar to mac, I HATE macs for their OS, nice machines otherwise, if 3x the price they should be). Mint it would seem is the way forward for my mac...