Network is working. I can still download packages from some repos.Are you sure your network is working? If it is, maybe they moved the 16.04 repo to old-releases like they did with 12.04/14.04/etc. I haven't heard that they did, but if they did just edit your /etc/apt/sources.list to point to there if that's the case. Here's the 12.04 updated repo for reference. Just change out ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports to old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu, save, and apt update.
That's out of my hands. It's a Ubuntu issue.Any fix for that mess with Xenial, yet?
I Asked here:Any fix for that mess with Xenial, yet?
Thanks! That excuse with EOL is just awful.(12.04 repos are functional, same for Debian)I Asked here:
Xenial Powerpc repositories missing
I have Lubuntu 16.04 powerpc installed on my Mac Mini G4. The repositories aren't working anymore: In http://ports.ubuntu.com/dists/xenial-updates/ the Release and InRelease files are missing the p...askubuntu.com
And here:
Bug #1971673 “Xenial powerpc repositories missing” : Bugs : Ubuntu
I have Lubuntu 16.04 powerpc installed on my Mac Mini G4. The repositories aren't working anymore: In http://ports.ubuntu.com/dists/xenial-updates/ the Release and InRelease files are missing the powerpc architecture; and Xenial is not present in http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/ How...bugs.launchpad.net
If you want you can join the discussion and report that the bug affects you, too
That's out of my hands. It's a Ubuntu issue.
Adélie is pretty much unusable on G4. Installed it exactly like ActionRetro, but results are very poor. Only SDDM and IceWM without 3D accelearation are working(HW in signature)Depends. You can still use 12.04/14.04/16.04 if they suite your needs. Otherwise it seems debian 11/sid is the best long term solution. Void is dropping support jan of 2023, adelie hasnt been updated since 2020, gentoo is a nightmare, archlinuxppc isn't quite ready for prime time, etc etc. Use whatever you're comfortable with i guess.
Cheers
(HW in signature)
Radeon 9000 PRO
Somewhat more recent VoidPPC works normally. The same with 2019 Sid snapshot.(10)Well, there's your problem. Somewhere between 2012 and 2016, the AMD driver broke Radeon 9000 support. I'm actually impressed you got any desktop at all, as none of my efforts got even that far, beyond a gitchy mess. I have read that the driver got improvements in 2021, which might be why it actually went as well as it did, but from what I've been able to put together, if you want to keep full OS 9 compatibility, the absolute best card would be the Radeon 8500. The 9200 would be great, but the PCI version has issues in 10.4.
I mean, he installed it on an iMac G4. Radeon 9000 support has definitely been broken in Debian since 2016, and there's a small reference to it here: https://wiki.debian.org/PowerPC/FAQ#How_do_I_get_graphics_working.3FSomewhat more recent VoidPPC works normally. The same with 2019 Sid snapshot.(10)
2021 snapshot(11) works but no acceleration.
It is just with Adélie making bad post-install configuration.(Live DVD has 3D accelerated Kompozitor working in KDE 5)
I just want to know, how Action Retro did it!
When I install Adélie with KDE, it just won’t install Xorg drivers at all. Results in lock up since no kbd/mouse drivers are present.(installer seems to be broken)
A lot of old OSes work fine. I really liked Yellow Dog Linux and Xubuntu 10.04 (works very fast) on my G4, but only about half of the internet pages work.I just installed OpenBSD on my iMac G3 350MHz with IceWM and I was astonished about how easily everything works
Hey fra9000, I read your commends about getting accelerated r128 drivers to work with Linux on the iMac G3. I know I'm super late to this conversation, but I've got an iMac G3 that I'd love to game on with Linux, but I just can't get accelerated graphics working. Do you have any information you can give me to get me going in the right direction? I suspect there might be kernel modules I'll have to mess with, but I'm generally comfortable doing low-level stuff on Linux. Thank you.And with additional multiple steps we have a 20 years old iMac G3 with ATI Rage 128 (16M) with HW acceleration enabled!!
I did also several testing to optimize its poor performances passing from 260fps to 370fps in glxGears.
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Also some games with openGL <= 1.2 work smoothly:
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Happy with the progresses so far.
Next step will be to move away from XAA and to enable "modern" EXA acceleration on the r128. However to do that I need newer drivers requiring tons of newer libraries, so I think I will be forced to test more recent OSes like the 16.04. Let's see..
Have a nice Xmas.
Francesco
Repositories are ruined anyway.(updates from base 16.04 does not work anymore)Lubuntu 16.04 remix not available anymore
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Thats for the persistent usb stick version. The normal installer / live dvd is still online. I'll have to check my onedrive tonight. It should still be there.Lubuntu 16.04 remix not available anymore
Microsoft OneDrive - Access files anywhere. Create docs with free Office Online.
Store photos and docs online. Access them from any PC, Mac or phone. Create and work together on Word, Excel or PowerPoint documents.1drv.ms
You have to update your sources.lst to point to old-releases.ubuntu.com since they've been archived.Repositories are ruined anyway.(updates from base 16.04 does not work anymore)
Also the repositories of 12.04 and 14.04 are corrupted (old-releases.ubuntu.com)Repositories are ruined anyway.(updates from base 16.04 does not work anymore)