@ALSVofficial I have never tried to install Linux from the USB on a Power PC, so I do not know. There is a website called PenDriveLinux that specializes in ways to install various distros with USBs, and you might find an answer to your question there. Best wishes!
Try installing Icewm and XXXterm web browwer(webkit) from Sid repositories. Just switch to Sid in /etc/apt/sources.list to install those apps, then come back to stable .
@sweetasiansugar At mintppc.org, you will find the iso from the most recent version, which is 11. I have not tried version 11 yet, but it appears to have a simplified installation compared to version 9.2. I hope to try it soon. As far as uploading to mediafire, my recommendation would be to request it from Linuxopjemac, who created MintPPC. Best wishes and enjoy!
Wow, I actually have a first generation iBook too. The battery is dead but technically it still works. no one is using it I should give this a try. Nice work.
Btw, even when you logout of the LXDE session and switch over to Gnome, things still run quite smoothly as, let's say if you were to run OS X 10.3.9 on an iMac G3/233, which isn't bad....... not stellar.... but not bad.
I love MintPPC compared to all the other distributions of Linux I've tried for the PowerPC platform. But that being said, it is very hard/increasingly hard to find device/peripheral drivers for the PowerPC, regardless of one's choice of distro (distribution).
Thanks for your reply. I've owned two ibook clamshells in the past, both 466 Paris models, and I can definitely say the more RAM you have the better. Don't know how often you visit the mintPPC forum but today there was great news, the developer has got Linux Mint 11 LXDE on top of Debian Wheezy working with a ISO installer! This means no more command line installs in the future...YEAH!!!
Please please please post more videos of this mintppc ibook, performance wise- how well it browses the net, opens applications etc. I wonder for instance if a SSD would improve performance even more.
@imixmuan This MintPPC iBook does quite well with basic tasks such as word processing, playing simple games, and browsing the Internet as long as I avoid the more graphically demanding websites. Originally it had 64 MB of RAM and I added 128 more to give it a total of 192 MB, which really helped with performance. I am sure you are right that going to an SSD instead of the hard drive would also give it a boost. Thank you for the comment and I will post more videos soon.
this is certainly excellent news , great video. hats off to the team that dreamed up this MintPPC ! wish there was a detailed video tutorial on how to install this via CD on a g3 ibook ( clamshell 300mhz ) as the install instructions become a bit too technically overwhelming for many of us unfamiliar with using terminal commands in Linux. see from the MintPPC website that a new version is in the works , perhaps the installation process will become a bit easier with this new version as well.
Linuxopjemac, thank you for pointing that out! I logged in as mint-lxde and my desktop did look much better. As soon as I can I will post a new video.
Hi, Linuxopjemac here, the guy behind MintPPC. You forgot to login into the mint-lxde session from the GDM login window. What you are looking at is plain Debian LXDE. My MintPPC should look a lot better than this ...
@jeroendiederen Linuxopjemac, thank you for pointing that out! I logged in as mint-lxde and my desktop did look much better. As soon as I can I will post a new video.
Ok found out myself but this video was really good, if not great! Make more! I subbed :)
ALSVofficial 3 weeks ago
Can i install from USB? Cause I broke my cd drive on my PowerBook G4 :p
ALSVofficial 3 weeks ago
@ALSVofficial I have never tried to install Linux from the USB on a Power PC, so I do not know. There is a website called PenDriveLinux that specializes in ways to install various distros with USBs, and you might find an answer to your question there. Best wishes!
2renewablepcs 3 weeks ago
Try installing Icewm and XXXterm web browwer(webkit) from Sid repositories. Just switch to Sid in /etc/apt/sources.list to install those apps, then come back to stable .
Andermetal1 2 months ago
Hey can you upload the .iso of this LMPPC9.2 to mediafire and share the link?
sweetasiansugar 2 months ago
@sweetasiansugar At mintppc.org, you will find the iso from the most recent version, which is 11. I have not tried version 11 yet, but it appears to have a simplified installation compared to version 9.2. I hope to try it soon. As far as uploading to mediafire, my recommendation would be to request it from Linuxopjemac, who created MintPPC. Best wishes and enjoy!
2renewablepcs 2 months ago
Wow, I actually have a first generation iBook too. The battery is dead but technically it still works. no one is using it I should give this a try. Nice work.
joe4ska 2 months ago
Btw, even when you logout of the LXDE session and switch over to Gnome, things still run quite smoothly as, let's say if you were to run OS X 10.3.9 on an iMac G3/233, which isn't bad....... not stellar.... but not bad.
rkmugen 5 months ago
I love MintPPC compared to all the other distributions of Linux I've tried for the PowerPC platform. But that being said, it is very hard/increasingly hard to find device/peripheral drivers for the PowerPC, regardless of one's choice of distro (distribution).
rkmugen 5 months ago
Thanks for your reply. I've owned two ibook clamshells in the past, both 466 Paris models, and I can definitely say the more RAM you have the better. Don't know how often you visit the mintPPC forum but today there was great news, the developer has got Linux Mint 11 LXDE on top of Debian Wheezy working with a ISO installer! This means no more command line installs in the future...YEAH!!!
imixmuan 7 months ago
Please please please post more videos of this mintppc ibook, performance wise- how well it browses the net, opens applications etc. I wonder for instance if a SSD would improve performance even more.
imixmuan 7 months ago
@imixmuan This MintPPC iBook does quite well with basic tasks such as word processing, playing simple games, and browsing the Internet as long as I avoid the more graphically demanding websites. Originally it had 64 MB of RAM and I added 128 more to give it a total of 192 MB, which really helped with performance. I am sure you are right that going to an SSD instead of the hard drive would also give it a boost. Thank you for the comment and I will post more videos soon.
2renewablepcs 7 months ago
and btw , thanks for posting this , truly appreciate it :))
chezzzz 7 months ago
this is certainly excellent news , great video. hats off to the team that dreamed up this MintPPC ! wish there was a detailed video tutorial on how to install this via CD on a g3 ibook ( clamshell 300mhz ) as the install instructions become a bit too technically overwhelming for many of us unfamiliar with using terminal commands in Linux. see from the MintPPC website that a new version is in the works , perhaps the installation process will become a bit easier with this new version as well.
chezzzz 7 months ago
Linuxopjemac, thank you for pointing that out! I logged in as mint-lxde and my desktop did look much better. As soon as I can I will post a new video.
2renewablepcs 7 months ago
Hi, Linuxopjemac here, the guy behind MintPPC. You forgot to login into the mint-lxde session from the GDM login window. What you are looking at is plain Debian LXDE. My MintPPC should look a lot better than this ...
jeroendiederen 7 months ago
@jeroendiederen Linuxopjemac, thank you for pointing that out! I logged in as mint-lxde and my desktop did look much better. As soon as I can I will post a new video.
2renewablepcs 7 months ago