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A RISC-based processor architecture built by IBM. It was the standard CPU in pre 2006 Apple Mac computers (G3, G4 and G5) and Sony PS3 Playstations.

Power PC is a RISC-based processor architecture, which means it is not compatible with software compiled for the more familiar Intel architecture. Special CDs/DVDs with PowerPC compatible kernels and software are made available by the Ubuntu community, but PowerPC is not an officially supported architecture in Ubuntu.

Support was previously provided when the PlayStation 3 and Apple computers required this architecture.

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Which version of Ubuntu will work on my PowerPC?

I'm using iMac PowerPC G5 1.8 GHz, 1GB RAM, 160GB HDD, and 10.5.4 Leopard OS. I want to run Ubuntu on my iMac. Please can anyone tell me which version will run in my system?
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Can't get Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Live to load properly on Apple iMac PowerPC

I've tried 2 different ISOs (one that I burned and a copy from eBay) and tried nearly every bootloader option when I boot from the Live CD. All i get is colored horizontal lines and no text on the screen after I enter a boot option. I can hear the…
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Blank Screen after running Lubuntu software updater..Power PC Lubuntu Install

This is not a repeated question.. because none of the users I read have installed Lubuntu 14.04 on a PowerPC G4 Tower I can successfully install Lubuntu 14.04 Installation goes perfect and flawless. Now, after I am already running Lubuntu on the…
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How to install Ubuntu on IBM Power 710?

I am trying to install Ubuntu 20.04 in IBM Power Server 710 but I don't know how to. This question says "Try it out", but the regular 64 bit ISO for amd64 won't work here, and I don't know how to "try it" in PowerPC. I am looking for an answer…
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G3 B&W w/Encore G4 ZIF upgrade, freeze on live boot

I am somewhat new to Linux and even more so to PowerPC based Linux. I downloaded Lubuntu 14.04.5 for PowerPC and created a bootable DVD, which worked just fine on my iMac G5, minus the annoying nvidia issues. When I took it to my G3 B&W tower, with…
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How can I install Ubuntu on my PPC?

I want to install 14.04 LTS on my Power Pac PowerPC. Where do I find the mirror to download the proper version?
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User friendly ubuntu distribution for Old PowerBook G4 15"

I have Mac PB G4 15" 1.5 with 512mb RAM, and need to use it office style, maybe some graphic processing but nothing fancy, I need, a user friendly distribution that could bring out the best of this nice machine.
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Ubuntu 20.04 PPC VM kubelet snap not working

Running an Ubuntu 20.04 PPC VM on a Blackbird POWER9 host with Fedora 35 PPC as its host OS. Trying to get a test Kubernetes cluster going on VMs, using Ubuntu 20.04 PPC as the VM OS. So this is inside the Ubuntu 20.04 VM. While installing…
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The computer does not shut down properly when the program is forced to exit

I meet a ploblem is that I can’t power off computer after I forced to close Jupyter notebook(ctrl+D).I also type ps -A command, but not found Jupyer notebook was running.The screen still displays Power down ,I wait for a long time,finally have…
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