Help putting Linux on iMac G5

[Rlmva]

I've been trying to put Linux on this old iMac G5 that I have, but I am not sure how to go about doing it. I've tried to follow the guides that I've found online but none of them have seemed to work. I would like to put Ubuntu on it to at least make it usable.

[Master Disaster]

Download an old version of Ubuntu for PPC, burn it to a CD, stick it in, reboot and hold down the C key, Ubuntu should show up in the boot menu, hit Enter, install as normal.

[ProjectBox153]

By usable are you wanting to install modern programs on it or just use it for online tasks? If you can't get a Linux distribution running well on it then look into all of the modern software that's been made available for Mac OS X. The G5 will still be terribly slow, but TenFourFox should work alright. 

[WhitetailAni]

Which exact iMac is it - the 1.8 GHz 17", the 2 GHz 17", or the 2 GHz 20"?

[ProjectBox153]

3 minutes ago, FakeKGB said:

Which exact iMac is it - the 1.8 GHz 17", the 2 GHz 17", or the 2 GHz 20"?

You know there were many more models than that, right?

[WhitetailAni]

Just now, ProjectBox153 said:

You know there were many more models than that, right?

I've only heard of those three, and that's all that came up when I looked around.

Just looked more, and realized that those were the ALS models... silly me.

Rephrase:
Is it a G5, a G5 ALS, or a G5 iSight?

[ProjectBox153]

1 minute ago, FakeKGB said:

I've only heard of those three, and that's all that came up when I looked around.

Just looked more, and realized that those were the ALS models... silly me.

Rephrase:
Is it a G5, a G5 ALS, or a G5 iSight?

There were at least 8 standard models between 2004 and 2005. 

[Rlmva]

On 2/11/2021 at 9:10 PM, FakeKGB said:

I've only heard of those three, and that's all that came up when I looked around.

Just looked more, and realized that those were the ALS models... silly me.

Rephrase:
Is it a G5, a G5 ALS, or a G5 iSight?

It is a G5 with the 1.6 Ghz PowerPC G5

[Rlmva]

On 2/11/2021 at 9:01 PM, ProjectBox153 said:

By usable are you wanting to install modern programs on it or just use it for online tasks? If you can't get a Linux distribution running well on it then look into all of the modern software that's been made available for Mac OS X. The G5 will still be terribly slow, but TenFourFox should work alright. 

I would just like to use it for simple online tasks, but I would also just like to try to put Linux on it as a fun project kind of thing because I got this G5 for $30. Maybe upgrade the ram to the max of 2gb because it only costs $15. Maybe throw in a ssd too. The only problem with Linux is that I can't find a download page that is still active. All of the links I find lead to deactivated websites. I'll try the browser though, thanks.

[ProjectBox153]

11 minutes ago, Rlmva said:

I would just like to use it for simple online tasks, but I would also just like to try to put Linux on it as a fun project kind of thing because I got this G5 for $30. Maybe upgrade the ram to the max of 2gb because it only costs $15. Maybe throw in a ssd too. The only problem with Linux is that I can't find a download page that is still active. All of the links I find lead to deactivated websites. I'll try the browser though, thanks.

Are you trying to find PowerPC versions of Linux distributions through the G5 itself?

[Rlmva]

5 hours ago, ProjectBox153 said:

Are you trying to find PowerPC versions of Linux distributions through the G5 itself?

No, through my main pc