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* [http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ports/releases/10.10/release/ Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat)]
 
* [http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ports/releases/10.10/release/ Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat)]
 
===USB device installation===
 
===USB device installation===
* Use 'Startup Disk Creator' from the System > Administration menu from an i386/x86-64 Ubuntu installation
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* Use 'Startup Disk Creator' from the System > Administration menu from an i386/x86-64 Ubuntu installation (as the PowerPC version of Ubuntu doesn't support SYSLINUX, but the install CD contains the yaboot bootloader that is required, and it will be transferred to the USB).
 
* Choose the downloaded Ubuntu Desktop 10.10 PPC .iso file or burned CD-ROM as the Source.
 
* Choose the downloaded Ubuntu Desktop 10.10 PPC .iso file or burned CD-ROM as the Source.
 
===Dual Boot with Mac OS X Leopard version 10.5===
 
===Dual Boot with Mac OS X Leopard version 10.5===

Revision as of 17:24, 16 February 2011

Note: The following has been tested on a Mac iBook G4 (mid 2005)

Ubuntu 10.10 PowerPC

USB device installation

  • Use 'Startup Disk Creator' from the System > Administration menu from an i386/x86-64 Ubuntu installation (as the PowerPC version of Ubuntu doesn't support SYSLINUX, but the install CD contains the yaboot bootloader that is required, and it will be transferred to the USB).
  • Choose the downloaded Ubuntu Desktop 10.10 PPC .iso file or burned CD-ROM as the Source.

Dual Boot with Mac OS X Leopard version 10.5

  • Use the Mac install DVD to resize and create a partitions (including swap) for Ubuntu
  • Burn the Ubuntu installation CD and install in the new partition.
  • Use System > Administration > Additional Drivers to install the Broadcom B43 wireless driver.
  • Use Ubuntu Software Center to search for Sugar. Install Sugar, the emulator for the Sugar Desktop Environment, plus dependencies and Activities suitable for Sugar 0.88