Is Modern Linux possible on the G5 iMac?! – (Debian and Adelie Linux on the G5 PowerPC iMac)

Today we look at running Modern up to date Linux distros on a 20-year-old iMac G5. To my amazement, distros are still being built for the PowerPC 64bit!

The command used to boot from USB:

boot ud:,\:tbxi

The blog that I found kicking it all off: https://midnightcheese.com/2023/09/state-of-linux-powermac-g5-2023/

Adelie linux: https://www.adelielinux.org/download/

Massive thank you to John Paul Adrian Glaubitz, http://users.physik.fu-berlin.de/~glaubitz/ a volunteer Debian developer who still regularly builds PowerPC install images and manages the Debian PowerPC mailing list https://lists.debian.org/debian-powerpc/

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*Timestamps*
00:00 Intro
01:48 Opening up the Mac…
02:46 Debian 12 try one
04:09 Debian 12 try two
06:28 It’s ALIVE
08:42 Main Issue
10:18 Adelie Linux
15:18 Final Thoughts