Good LiveCD for Apple iBook?

A Future Pilot · 2009-09-16 15:45:34

Hey, I'm looking to convince my brother that Linux is not the absolute worst OS ever, and I want to know, what's a good Distro that has a LiveCD for PPC? I think I'll end up installing OpenSUSE, but they don't have a LiveCD for PPC. So does anybody know a good one?

mianka · 2009-09-16 19:33:02

(K)ubuntu exists in a ppc variant:http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ports/releases/9.04/release/

A Future Pilot · 2009-09-16 21:29:45

Thanks!! Downloading now...

Gen2ly · 2009-09-17 01:39:14

Think (k)ubuntu is based on a debian alternative install cd. You could look at Fedora. As far as I know it has the only ppc livecd.

A Future Pilot · 2009-09-17 01:44:48

OK, Thanks!! How good is the Archlinux PPC project? Is it as good/stable as the standard one? If not how customizable is OpenSUSE? (I'll go do my own research, but if anyone has any experience, I'd love to hear from you! :-)

mianka · 2009-09-17 02:01:02

The buntus are live cd"s,you have to take the full (+/- 650 MB) ones, they even automatically guess whether you have 32 or 64-bit processor!
The ArchPPC is not "officially" supported (rather a kind of spinoff) and has a less extended SW-repository.
Had once ( 3 years ago) SusePPC on it but was not happy with it fot reasons long forgotten since.

addendum:you can install with the live-cd's

addendum2:ArchPPC only works on 32-bit Apples, so G5 based Macs are excluded.The *buntu installs are graphical.

Last edited by mianka (2009-09-17 02:06:06)

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Good LiveCD for Apple iBook?

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