It's definitely out there though I'd look into running Arch Linux maybe for a server, no idea what to suggest for everyday use. It's difficult to choose the linux distribution though because nothing over 12.04 LTS seems to work right, and PPC support isn't mainstream anymore. I've picked me up a G4 Mac Mini 1.33GHz PPC variant, and plan on running an in home web/file/torrent/icecast server. What are you planning on doing with your Mac? The Ubuntu community needs help from people with PPC hardware just like you. MATE has been ported over to PPC and is being tested. I think Ubuntu MATE is the best option for you. When it had tiger about a year ago, it was absolutely the beast and still held it's own REALLY well! In general, what is the best overall Linux OS for my mac? I need to see this mac get some use. I've been hearing about Yellow Dog Linux, MintPPC, Lubuntu etc for PowerPC. I've even seen lag up to Core i5 machines with Unity. That said, OS X Leopard requires a lot of power, so you’ll probably find Macs below 667 MHz sluggish regardless of. ![]() ![]() ![]() I had simply forgotten that Unity is a stupid resource hog and the CPU is at a constant 100% usage even when navigating the GUI. More specifically, OS X 10.5 Leopard is the last version of OS X that will run on G5 Macs, and it will run on almost all G4 Macs as well, although you will need to hack the installer to get it on a system slower than 867 MHz. I had no restore disk, so I went ahead and used a PowerPC Port of 12.04 for PPC. Hi! I've got a Power Mac G4 MDD (Dual 1.0ghz, 2GB RAM, fuckton o' harddrives and Radeon 9000 Pro AGP) and Tiger decided it hated life, so I had to format it and install a new OS.
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