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Old mac powerbook g4
Old mac powerbook g4












It should be something like /dev/disk2s3. Look for the name of the USB flash drive, and remember what it’s called.In Terminal, find out the device ID for your USB Flash drive.Take note of what the filename is for your ISO image of Lubuntu 16.04.Heck, even if you aren’t comfortable, the job can be done. If you are comfortable with Terminal on your newer Mac, this is still pretty simple. Just burn the ISO to a blank DVD, insert it into your PowerBook or other PowerPC-based Mac, and press the “C” key while the computer boots up.

#OLD MAC POWERBOOK G4 INSTALL#

Because of this, I had to create USB install media.Īssuming you’re fortunate enough to be able to boot from a DVD, it’s really simple. My PowerBook G4 has a CD-R/W drive, though. If you have a DVD drive, you can simply burn the ISO image of Lubuntu 16.04 to a disk and start that way. What you need to get started depends on what type of optical drive you have in your G4- or G5-based PowerBook or Mac. Getting the Revival on for Your PowerPC Mac Running Linux

  • Create and edit Word documents and Excel spreadsheets using LibreOffice.
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  • Write Markdown documents using Remarkable, a very excellent Markdown editor.
  • What Can You Do With Older Hardware?Ĭurious what you might be able to accomplish with a PowerPC-based laptop? Here’s what I’ve been able to accomplish so far, since I revived my PowerBook G4 and brought it up-to-date with a Lubuntu installation.

    old mac powerbook g4

    The beauty here is that PowerPC is still alive, well, and fairly well supported.

    old mac powerbook g4

    My current build is running Lubuntu, a lightweight flavor of Ubuntu.












    Old mac powerbook g4