Lbuntu 16.n: How to reconfigure Xorg from the command-line
Note to admins: This queston may be general enough that you may wish to move it out of the "Apple Hardware" section and place it in a more appropriate place. System: Apple iBook G3 (Power PC 32 bit)...
View ArticleWhere are the older versions of 14.n and 16.n for 32 bit PPC processors?
Greetings! Ref: http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/lubuntu/releases/ which is the list of Lbuntu releases for the various Mac flavors. Issue: When searching that list, it appears that the entries for versions...
View ArticleBare metal backup for G3/G4 (PowerPC) Mac systems?
Greetings! Assume: The base system is a Mac based system that might have had one or more Mac O/S's installed at some point in time.It is relatively recent. (New World Mac)It runs the PowerPC...
View Article[ubuntu] Sound problems w/ early 2009 iMac
I have an early 2009 iMac running Ubuntu 18.04. The audio quality was poor because there are two speakers per channel, and it was only using the "tweeter" and not the bass drivers. After a lot of...
View ArticleWhat Powermac ti chose
Hello there i have a very good offer for some powermac g5 units (a1047 1969) and a1047 1969c Now i can only chose one,so witch is the best(neither have hdd,ram or gpu,but a have some spares at home)...
View ArticleDual Boot PowerMac G5 DP 2.0gHz
So,i ve got this PowerMac G5 A1047 1969C model with a DP 2.0 gHz,8GB RAM and a nVidia FX 5200 card So,when i got it,it was running Ubuntu Mate 16.04 LTS and i changed that to Lubuntu 16.04 LTS(this is...
View Article[lubuntu] Screen blanking causes backlight to turn off until reboot
Here are my specs: LUbuntu 18.04 on a Macbook Pro 2,1 (2006-2007) with radeon video driver and Intel Duo Core 2 CPU. All systems working just fine, including suspend. However, if I set the...
View ArticleNew Ubuntu user, sound issue
Hi all, I have a dual boot Late 2015 27" imac running ubuntu 18.04 LTS. I have performed the troubleshooting according to https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SoundTroubleshooting Here are my symptoms: I...
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Ubuntu 18.10 WiFi not detecting anything
Hello All~! I recently dug up my old Macbook Pro (Mid-2010) from its grave and decided to load Ubuntu 18.10 on it...just for fun and for the experience. I managed to get everything up and running...
View ArticleUnable to Install Ubuntu late 2007 Macbook pro
Hi all, hoping someone can help me. I have a Macbook pro I have now been using since November 2007. I always wanted to replace Mac OSX with Ubuntu when the time came that the OSX version it would take...
View ArticleInstalled Lubuntu on 2006 Macbook, doesn't always boot.
I recently installed Lubuntu 16 on a 2006 model Macbook (i388). The OS works great but I can't get it to boot 100% of the time. I get the mac "chime" when you turn it on, and after it gets to GRUB,...
View ArticleApple Magic Trackpad 2 configuration
I set out to get the Apple Magic Trackpad 2 (i've shortened it to AMT2) to work, this post is ment to share my experiences, to dump 50 tabs of my browser in this post and to ask some questions. I'm not...
View ArticleMacbook Pro 11,5 Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS - Intel Video
I have just setup Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS on my Macbook Pro 11,5 (2015 - 15 in) and it is working great except for the battery life. From what I can tell this computer has the AMD Radeon R9 M370X with 2 GB...
View Articleubuntu 18.04 LTS on MacBookPro11,3 NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M
Hi, I have installed ubuntu desktop 18.04 LTS on an external USB 500gb flash drive. I have osx 10.11.6 and windows 10 installed on macbook SSD ( working ) I can boot osx windows and ubuntu with option...
View ArticleUbuntu 18.10 installer not detecting internal drive on macbook air 11" early...
I booted into the 18.10 installer and once I got to the screen to choose the drive I would like to install ubuntu on, I had no options except the 2 partitions on the USB stick that I used to boot from....
View ArticleConnecting to MacOS Server SMB Share from Linux
Hey Guys, I have a Mac Mini Server that is running macOS Mojave that I am trying to connect to from my linux laptops. I know this isn't a specific linux issue, but hoping someone out there may be...
View Article[ubuntu] Ubuntu Server 18.10 - trying to set macOS Finder icon via smb.conf...
I'm accessing a fresh install of Ubuntu 18.10 and Samba 4.8.4 from macOS clients running Mojave. When connected via SMB, I want the Finder icon to look like a Mac Mini (because that's what Ubuntu 18.10...
View ArticleNo WIFI on MacBook Pro running Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) with Broadcom
I recently installed Xubuntu on my old MacBook pro (2010 I believe). The internet has gone back on forth between working and not. Curently I can't get it to work. I've done this so far: The general...
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Unable to install in Macbook pro mid 2010
Hi there, I'm new to Ubuntu and having some trouble installing Ubuntu 18.04 on my 13 inch Macbook pro (mid 2010). I followed the instructions from the Ubuntu tutorial site here:...
View ArticlePower Mac G5 2.5 Quad Yaboot second HD
I am fairly new to Ubuntu and having some issues configuring yaboot to recognize the second hard drive which has another Ubuntu installation I would like to have the option to boot from. No OS X...
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