Your Next Linux Notebook for Only $10 How to Install Debian on PowerPC Jack Rosenthal Mines Linux Users Group

2017-04-13

Jack Rosenthal

Your Next Linux Notebook for Only $10

Why am I giving this talk?

To show an inexpensive option for tinkering with Linux on another computer To show Linux will run on nearly anything You can have another Linux notebook for less than the cost of dinner!

Jack Rosenthal

Your Next Linux Notebook for Only $10

Why am I giving this talk?

To show an inexpensive option for tinkering with Linux on another computer To show Linux will run on nearly anything You can have another Linux notebook for less than the cost of dinner!

Jack Rosenthal

Your Next Linux Notebook for Only $10

Why am I giving this talk?

To show an inexpensive option for tinkering with Linux on another computer To show Linux will run on nearly anything You can have another Linux notebook for less than the cost of dinner!

Jack Rosenthal

Your Next Linux Notebook for Only $10

What options are available? iBook G3 “Clamshell”

300 MHz – 466 MHz Max 576 MB RAM 800x600 12” CD-ROM (Tray) Mac OS 8.6 or 9 Mac OS X (up to 10.4) Repairability: 4/5 Expect to pay $60–$200

iBook G3 “Snow”

500 MHz – 900 MHz Max 640 MB RAM 1024x768 12.1” or 14.1” CD or DVD (Tray) Mac OS 9 Mac OS X (up to 10.4) Repairability: 0/5 Expect to pay $5–$30

iBook G4

800 MHz – 1.42 GHz Max 1.5 GB RAM 1024x768 12.1” or 14.1” DVD (Slot) No Mac OS Support Mac OS X (up to 10.5) Repairability: -1/5 Expect to pay $10–$40

Other Options? Any 2000’s PowerBook

Jack Rosenthal

Your Next Linux Notebook for Only $10

What options are available? iBook G3 “Clamshell”

300 MHz – 466 MHz Max 576 MB RAM 800x600 12” CD-ROM (Tray) Mac OS 8.6 or 9 Mac OS X (up to 10.4) Repairability: 4/5 Expect to pay $60–$200

iBook G3 “Snow”

500 MHz – 900 MHz Max 640 MB RAM 1024x768 12.1” or 14.1” CD or DVD (Tray) Mac OS 9 Mac OS X (up to 10.4) Repairability: 0/5 Expect to pay $5–$30

iBook G4

800 MHz – 1.42 GHz Max 1.5 GB RAM 1024x768 12.1” or 14.1” DVD (Slot) No Mac OS Support Mac OS X (up to 10.5) Repairability: -1/5 Expect to pay $10–$40

Other Options? Any 2000’s PowerBook

Jack Rosenthal

Your Next Linux Notebook for Only $10

What options are available? iBook G3 “Clamshell”

300 MHz – 466 MHz Max 576 MB RAM 800x600 12” CD-ROM (Tray) Mac OS 8.6 or 9 Mac OS X (up to 10.4) Repairability: 4/5 Expect to pay $60–$200

iBook G3 “Snow”

500 MHz – 900 MHz Max 640 MB RAM 1024x768 12.1” or 14.1” CD or DVD (Tray) Mac OS 9 Mac OS X (up to 10.4) Repairability: 0/5 Expect to pay $5–$30

iBook G4

800 MHz – 1.42 GHz Max 1.5 GB RAM 1024x768 12.1” or 14.1” DVD (Slot) No Mac OS Support Mac OS X (up to 10.5) Repairability: -1/5 Expect to pay $10–$40

Other Options? Any 2000’s PowerBook

Jack Rosenthal

Your Next Linux Notebook for Only $10

How Install Debian?

1

Download Debian PowerPC ISO from https://debian.org

2

Burn it to a CD

3

Put in iBook

4

Hold C-key while booting

5

Install using pretty interface

6



7

Profit?

Jack Rosenthal

Your Next Linux Notebook for Only $10

Profit? Not quite yet. Tweak the graphics to work better I found the radeon.agpmode=-1 kernel flag makes my iBook G4 happy

Install wireless firmware Either the firmware-b43-installer or firmware-b43legacy-installer package

The touchpad is an ADB mouse, and you will probably want to emulate right/middle click using keyboard keys. Edit /etc/defaults/mouseemu to configure. Can anyone figure out how to get battery display working? If so, I will update the slides.

Jack Rosenthal

Your Next Linux Notebook for Only $10

Profit? Not quite yet. Tweak the graphics to work better I found the radeon.agpmode=-1 kernel flag makes my iBook G4 happy

Install wireless firmware Either the firmware-b43-installer or firmware-b43legacy-installer package

The touchpad is an ADB mouse, and you will probably want to emulate right/middle click using keyboard keys. Edit /etc/defaults/mouseemu to configure. Can anyone figure out how to get battery display working? If so, I will update the slides.

Jack Rosenthal

Your Next Linux Notebook for Only $10

Profit? Not quite yet. Tweak the graphics to work better I found the radeon.agpmode=-1 kernel flag makes my iBook G4 happy

Install wireless firmware Either the firmware-b43-installer or firmware-b43legacy-installer package

The touchpad is an ADB mouse, and you will probably want to emulate right/middle click using keyboard keys. Edit /etc/defaults/mouseemu to configure. Can anyone figure out how to get battery display working? If so, I will update the slides.

Jack Rosenthal

Your Next Linux Notebook for Only $10

Profit? Not quite yet. Tweak the graphics to work better I found the radeon.agpmode=-1 kernel flag makes my iBook G4 happy

Install wireless firmware Either the firmware-b43-installer or firmware-b43legacy-installer package

The touchpad is an ADB mouse, and you will probably want to emulate right/middle click using keyboard keys. Edit /etc/defaults/mouseemu to configure. Can anyone figure out how to get battery display working? If so, I will update the slides.

Jack Rosenthal

Your Next Linux Notebook for Only $10

yaboot

Debian installs yaboot, a bootloader that works on OpenFirmware. Out of the box, it works fine. But you may wish to tweak it. Configured in /etc/yaboot.conf Adjust timeout= to your liking (potentially 0) Add any kernel flags you need with append= Run ybin as root to regenerate the bootloader and bless it with Holy Penguin Pee

Jack Rosenthal

Your Next Linux Notebook for Only $10

yaboot

Debian installs yaboot, a bootloader that works on OpenFirmware. Out of the box, it works fine. But you may wish to tweak it. Configured in /etc/yaboot.conf Adjust timeout= to your liking (potentially 0) Add any kernel flags you need with append= Run ybin as root to regenerate the bootloader and bless it with Holy Penguin Pee

Jack Rosenthal

Your Next Linux Notebook for Only $10

yaboot

Debian installs yaboot, a bootloader that works on OpenFirmware. Out of the box, it works fine. But you may wish to tweak it. Configured in /etc/yaboot.conf Adjust timeout= to your liking (potentially 0) Add any kernel flags you need with append= Run ybin as root to regenerate the bootloader and bless it with Holy Penguin Pee

Jack Rosenthal

Your Next Linux Notebook for Only $10

yaboot

Debian installs yaboot, a bootloader that works on OpenFirmware. Out of the box, it works fine. But you may wish to tweak it. Configured in /etc/yaboot.conf Adjust timeout= to your liking (potentially 0) Add any kernel flags you need with append= Run ybin as root to regenerate the bootloader and bless it with Holy Penguin Pee

Jack Rosenthal

Your Next Linux Notebook for Only $10

yaboot

Debian installs yaboot, a bootloader that works on OpenFirmware. Out of the box, it works fine. But you may wish to tweak it. Configured in /etc/yaboot.conf Adjust timeout= to your liking (potentially 0) Add any kernel flags you need with append= Run ybin as root to regenerate the bootloader and bless it with Holy Penguin Pee

Jack Rosenthal

Your Next Linux Notebook for Only $10

Other Options for Linux on an iBook?

Ubuntu maintains a PowerPC release Gentoo is available for PowerPC Build Linux from source *BSD

Jack Rosenthal

Your Next Linux Notebook for Only $10

Other Options for Linux on an iBook?

Ubuntu maintains a PowerPC release Gentoo is available for PowerPC Build Linux from source *BSD

Jack Rosenthal

Your Next Linux Notebook for Only $10

Other Options for Linux on an iBook?

Ubuntu maintains a PowerPC release Gentoo is available for PowerPC Build Linux from source *BSD

Jack Rosenthal

Your Next Linux Notebook for Only $10

Other Options for Linux on an iBook?

Ubuntu maintains a PowerPC release Gentoo is available for PowerPC Build Linux from source *BSD

Jack Rosenthal

Your Next Linux Notebook for Only $10

Questions?

Jack Rosenthal

Your Next Linux Notebook for Only $10

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Jack Rosenthal

Your Next Linux Notebook for Only $10

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