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See '''https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PowerPC'''.
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{{Highlight|'''Note''': The following has been tested on a Mac iBook G4 (mid 2005)}}
 
{{Highlight|'''Note''': The following has been tested on a Mac iBook G4 (mid 2005)}}
 
==Ubuntu 10.10 PowerPC==
 
==Ubuntu 10.10 PowerPC==
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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.
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====Install Yaboot boot loader====
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* <u>Read the precautions</u> at this page, [http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20060301112336384 Boot PowerPC Macs via USB 2.0 drives]
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* Power on while holding four keys down, option+Apple+o+f.  This takes you into Openfirmware.
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* Enter {{Code|devalias}} at the {{Code|0 >}} prompt (See step 4 in the above reference.)
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* Note the exact usb device addresses.
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* By experimentation, I found that my USB device would boot after setting the boot-device with this command:
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*: {{Code|setenv boot-device /pci@f2000000/usb@1b/disk@1:1,\install\yaboot}}
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* If the USB disc is not around, the default boot-device will boot your regular Mac installation.
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* Check your setting with this command:
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*: {{Code|printenv boot-device}}
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*: Your system may have different addresses, so it may take a while to discover the proper address.
 
===Dual Boot with Mac OS X Leopard version 10.5===
 
===Dual Boot with Mac OS X Leopard version 10.5===
* Use the Mac install DVD to resize and create a second partition Ubuntu
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* Use the Mac install DVD to resize and create partitions (including swap) for Ubuntu
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* Burn the Ubuntu installation CD and install Ubuntu into the new partition by booting the CD-ROM.
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* Use System > Administration > Additional Drivers to install the Broadcom B43 wireless driver.
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* 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

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