Unix for pre-G3 Macs -- can you do it? Do you want to?

By Steven Rosenberg on January 30, 2007 3:14 PM | Permalink | Comments (0) |

The PowerPC version of Ubuntu will run on a G3-equipped Macintosh, but If you have a pre-G3 Mac and want to try Unix, this page will help you find a system that will work on both the 603 and 604 PowerPC chips and the 680x0 family.

It turns out mkLinux will run on my old Powerbook 1400, but without Ethernet, SCSI or a working modem. Not worth it.

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