533Mhz PowerMac G4, Linux Qs

[NZXTInerTia]

Can someone point me in the direction of a small Ubuntu/Xubuntu distro for my 533MHz Graphite G4? I can find lots of them for my G5 machines, but not this older G4. Most of the websites I visit have dead links.

 

[topbanana_]

Well this Lubuntu link says specifically it is for G3, G4 (32bit) etc. as well as G5 (64bit)..

http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/lubuntu/releases/16.04.1/release/lubuntu-16.04-desktop-powerpc.iso

I am not aware of anything lighter but once installed you can add any light window manager you like (that's PPC supported - eg. Enlightenment)

 

[Dronecatcher]

Generally, the earlier the build, the faster it will perform on your machine.
This is the earliest Xbuntu I could find (I'm sure that 2014 date stamp doesn't reflect the year it was released).

http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/releases/xubuntu/releases/6.10/release/

 

[128keaton]

Generally, the earlier the build, the faster it will perform on your machine.
This is the earliest Xbuntu I could find (I'm sure that 2014 date stamp doesn't reflect the year it was released).

http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/releases/xubuntu/releases/6.10/release/

6.10 is good Ubuntu anyway. Clean, fast, doesn't really need accel for desktop (stupid, stupid Ubuntu!)

 

[dustinschings]

6.10 was released October 2006 I believe. So a very appropriate build to use.