Hey everyone. I have an iBook g3 700 mhz with 256 RAM. It runs Mac OS pretty reliably, but a little slow. I'm thinking about installing either Ubuntu or Xubuntu, and I was wondering if anyone has done so successfully, while having their already-installed copy of OSX in tact. Any help would be appreciated! Thanks!

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to be honest ubuntu and xubuntu are pretty crap linux distros. i have no idea how they got popular why don't you get debian. ubuntu is based on debian but it's soo much better.

as for the ibook g3 i am sooo jealous. i myself only have this one hackintosh. with no front panel on the case.

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I personally prefer fedora more than any of the other distros, but I installed ubuntu on an external a while back. The problem with putting it on the same drive as your OSX system is that the disc utility that comes with mac osx cannot partition drives without reformatting the entire drive. This is pretty much what boot camp does, partitions your harddrive without erasing anything, but it dosn't make the extra partition free space, it sets it up for windows to be installed on the intel macs.

There is some free software out there, one I found on version tracker is called iPartition. It can partition your drives without erasing the drive. If you are familiar with the console, you can do the whole thing there, but I don't recommend it unless you really know what you are doing.

Edit: Sorry, it looks like thats just a demo. You have to pay to get that, but I'm sure if you look around version tracker you'll find something. Also remember, You cannot partition your startup disk while you are working on it. You will have to boot off of an external harddrive or a CD.

 

 

 

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Now, Latest version 7.10 does not support Power PC ( G3, G4 ). It is only compatible with Intel CPU.

So If U want to install Ubuntu on Ur Mac that has G4,G5 cpu, U must download 6.06 version.

Here is 6.06

http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download

U must downloads 6.06 for ppc.

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REALLY....
im using 8.04 on my ibook.try searching on google a bit more.its publicly supported, but not by canocal.files are in the tree for .deb files and updates.DLs do exist, at one point i found the BETA version of 8.10 for PPC macs.look a little harder.seems to be a little slow when it comes to X11 redraws lately, but the system IS fast.you have to FORCE the cpu governor to use all of your proc power, else it defaults to whatever your scale is.mine is 400-600 for a 600mhz cpu, not aware of the scale until i was using Tiger on it.Powersave is lowest option, performance is maximum, but you will burn through battery power FAST under either Ubuntu or Debian.consider your power-life halfed and you forewarned if the poiwer battery icons dont update and leave you thinking you have a hour, when you have a dead battery.mine is semi-new and still does this.think it is due to linux burning all my power up on me, by default Tiger/Leopard, and Ubuntu and debbie use on demand, which changes your values, but may slow your system down, although it supposedly prolongs battery life.a powersave setting on my pc slows ubuntu down considerably, especially under KDE.consider yourself warned.

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