I've been a member of Fiverr.com for almost two years. This website offers a wide variety of services and goods starting at $5. I recently a new gig that should interest the teckies out there. For those out there who want to try out or install Linux, but don't have decent internet; I can help. If you order this gig, I can create and mail you LiveCD/LiveDVD or LiveUSB. If you don't need this service, please pass it on to someone who might be able to use it. Thanks.
Sunday, March 2, 2014
Saturday, March 1, 2014
Linux on a iMac G4
Last year, I bought a iMac G4 at a rummage sale. Because it ran Mac OS X 10.4 “Tiger” and very few programs are available for it, I decided to install Linux. Since the G4 is powered by a PowerPC chip, I had to find a Linux distro with PPC support. Unfortunately, I had a lot of problems getting the display to work. The distros would install, but after reboot the screen would only showed black and yellow lines. Finally, I tried Debian 6 PPC. The thing worked right away. It booted into a usable, albeit slow, desktop. Now, all I need to do is fix the color, which looks like 256 color. Below is a video of a boot. I may upload a better video later.
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