Older Versions

[iolair]

Anyone know of a mirror or other site that contains older versions of Linux? I'm looking for a version, preferably SuSE, Yellow Dog, or Ubuntu that will run on an older Mac (iBook) with a G3 processor. Thanks.

Iolair MacWalter
Network Engineer

 

[pentode]

Not sure you'll have to go back very far. Debian has a PowerPC port - check this link to see if the latest version of Debian supports your iBook. If not, Debian has archives of earlier releases available.

http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/powerpc/index.html.en

 

[iolair]

Thanks. I have a fairly recent version of Kubuntu that works, but not completely. I've never tried Debian, but I've heard a lot about it. Thanks for the tip.

Iolair MacWalter
Network Engineer

 

[pentode]

As you probably know, Ubuntu and Kubuntu are Debian-based distributions. Debian devotes a lot of effort to supporting multiple platforms.

As far as not working "completely", that may be an issue with any distribution of Linux, depending on what you are trying to do.

 

[BadBigBen]

SuSE Discontinued releases (look under PPC):

http://mirror.fraunhofer.de/ftp.suse.com/suse/

and of course:

Mirrors discontinued releases

http://en.opensuse.org/Mirrors_discontinued_releases

Ben
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[iolair]

BadBigBen, Thanks! That's a great link I didn't know about, and you can bet I'll use it.

Iolair MacWalter
Network Engineer