Installing Ubuntu Linux (PowerPC) on an iMac G4 - Krazy Ken's Tech Misadventures

[@Rednax35]

MacOS9Lives was the partition you used to install the sketchy MacOS 9 ISO during the OS 9 Installation Frustration

[@SillyTimeVR]

Part 1 of 2

[@thisisg7648]

He scatteu 👾🗡🩸😵

[@Rednax35]

My day hasn't been good because I sprained my ankle. This made my day 10 times better

[@monty___5567]

yow

[@danielgartin6993]

Rednax ouch

[@Hydr8Man]

Oof

[@applesiri2381]

@@forcequitOS made me lol

[@youatoughguy]

I will pour my heart and soul into making your day bad again by breaking your spi-

[@janluofficial]

Ken: "Oh shit, they are after me." Also Ken: _Shakes the Camera instead of running._

[@ChaseMC215]

I bet everyone is just as krazy as Ken.

[@RaysGamingChannel2003]

⁠@@ChaseMC215I’m actually Krazier then Ken

[@YouTube2ndOfficial]

where is the timeline

[@ComputerClan]

Let’s celebrate the new Ubuntu 18.10 with a nostalgia trip! Also, should Krazy Ken do an install and test drive of Ubuntu 18.10, after this video? Let me know, and I’ll demand that he does. And don’t forget to subscribe and click that *Bell* button. That way you won’t miss the next video!

[@thebowlfosho4974]

Computer Clan Yea, that would be interesting

[@jonathanzopf6444]

Ubuntu 10.18? I don't know an ubuntu version called 10.18. Maybe you mean 18.10?

[@mawj09eas4]

35:20 is where the Ethernet cable hijacking starts. 35:36 - _”Oh s**t, oh s**t, oh boy, oh they’re after me, oh s**t…”_ was the funniest part!

[@WOSArchives]

Wow. That Hardy Heron background takes me way back, as Ubuntu 8.04 was the first version of Ubuntu I've ever used.

[@matthewelerick648]

Windows OS same

[@subwaygaragemusic]

I used to have a genuine Ubuntu 8.04 disc somewhere. It came with my Ubuntu tutorial book.

[@FireFoxDestroyer]

i need ubuntu

[@rxgtv]

If only you didn't need SSH keys to log into Ubuntu terminal on the Raspberry Pi.

[@OSSHeadquarters]

29:21 Ken, you forgot the #!

[@samplasion]

Right when I thought "Wow, those older Macs had a system icon next to the drive icon", you said that. I felt like you were reading my mind

[@AeriaVelocity]

Hey Ken, remember in the live when I asked you to say CONVERSION TECHNOLOGY in a movie trailer voice?

[@ComputerClan]

I remember : )

[@AeriaVelocity]

Yeah, I didn’t think you’d actually do it!

[@camman-hd6dp]

@@ComputerClan NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@camman-hd6dp]

@@AeriaVelocity NO!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@simplyalonso]

@@camman-hd6dp WDYM NO??

[@JessicaFEREM]

You can install Modern Ubuntu MATE If you wanted.

[@JessicaFEREM]

I don't see why you would want to install old ubuntu on computers unless you wanted to specifically looked at old ubuntu's, but MATE supports PPC and it's still the old gnome look

[@SheepKid12]

Only 16.04, with the PowerPC platform being dropped completely in April 2019.

[@RFLCPTR]

@@SheepKid12 still better than the old versions

[@archlinuxrussian]

@SheekKid12 thanks! I didn't know that D:

[@cooliofoolio]

With Linux being open source and all that I'm sure someone will always be maintaining a PPC Linux distro

[@IanC14]

Theres still a version of Ubuntu for PowerPC, though its designed for the modern day Amigas by A-EON Technology. Yes, Amiga is still around, sorta.

[@phantomfour8530]

Wow

[@EvilTurkeySlices]

The newest version I know of is 14.04 lts.

[@RobbDrew03]

@@EvilTurkeySlices it is 18.10

[@ChrisYx511]

The 801.x protected wired thingy means that the wired connection is protected, just like a protected wifi network

[@raydeen2k]

Ubuntu MATE 16.04 installs quite nicely on older PPC hardware (I have it installed on an old G4 iBook and PowerBook). The only caveats are that if you have an ATI card, you have to jump through a hoop or two to turn off part of the driver to maintain system stability. Nvidia cards work nicely though (the PB has one and has no issues with installation). Now you'd think any version of 16.04 for PPC would work. Nope. At least not in my experience. MATE works, but then you'd probably want to install an alternate desktop (Lubuntu/Xubuntu) afterwards depending on processor speed and memory.

[@tunatezer8902]

31:14 *I want an iMac G4 now. (at least as a monitor)*

[@lawrencedoliveiro9104]

0:44 I have one of those, literally within arm’s reach. When I was making the buying decision, I was thinking: “What’s the worst Apple could do? Up the screen size from 15" to 17" later? It still looks cool regardless; OK, I’ll buy it”. Guess what they did 6 months after I bought it ...

[@PaoloPisanu]

Ubuntu MATE 16.04 LTS works perfectly on my beautiful iMac G4 PowerPC (2003)!! It recognizes all the hardware and it works like a charm!

[@vl1asdfasdf]

Ubuntu' * boots up and plays bongos * Ken: Woah! Bongos!

[@RaysGamingChannel2003]

Donkey Kongs in the house

[@InvoxiPlayGames2]

hi vl1

[@vl1asdfasdf]

@@InvoxiPlayGames2 why do people keep finding my comments from years ago i always cringe every time i see them☹️☹️☹️☹️ /lhj

[@tunatezer8902]

Lubuntu and Ubuntu MATE support PowerPC.

[@SirBrocky]

11:34 i like that sound

[@one-stopkilling2236]

1000 years from now "Just going to scroll to 3018 here" "Eventually"

[@alexjesse644]

35:21 Ken Stole The WIFI! 35:36 Ken Gets Attacked!

[@tunatezer8902]

Watching this after upgrading to Ubuntu 18.10

[@cthedosboss5113]

same

[@rcwaffles]

I'm watching this on my 2nd day with ubuntu

[@tunatezer8902]

@@rcwaffles You just installed it?

[@jamesperih9658]

Ooo, while I couldn't find an 18.10 installer, it did prompt me to do-release-upgrade from 16.04 powerpc...

[@KurisuYamato]

My kind of video. Also, 10.10 was my favorite version of Ubuntu

[@Fiddlesticks86]

38:56 Classic Autoconfig IP failure -_- Check your internet gateway through the mac mini and manually configure a 192.168.x.x (Might be something else if connected through your phone) gateway and IP on linux ✌

[@sparely]

just discovered your channel coming from retro man cave LGR and the other tech channels im liking your videos 😄

[@JoeZyzyx]

the whole problem with installing old versions at EOL, is their repositories disappear, so no upgrades, no other programs unless you get from a current repository for some later version. Of course, one can order the complete repository from osdisc if you do so, preferably just before it's LTS expires.

[@RaysGamingChannel2003]

Yep

[@BulldoggMusicofficial]

When he said call me is was is thinking call me by your name

[@lawrencedoliveiro9104]

27:30 Apropos June Whitfield’s immortal line from _Absolutely Fabulous_ : “Just the one, dear?”

[@certifiedcelingfan]

1:31 love this

[@nigelcooper1191]

You know. Rather than have to sacrifice the Ethernet cable from the WiFi and have to use Mobile Hotspot. You could have just used the internet sharing on the Mac mini and shared the connection through FireWire. That version of Ubuntu does support connection to the internet through FireWire.

[@lawrencedoliveiro9104]

11:17 You should have heard the original 400K floppies on the first Mac ... now that was music ...

[@stephanebosch9963]

Thank you very much ! I've tried multiple versions of Linux for my iMac Sunflowers in the past with no luck so far. Now I know which one is supposed to work so I'll give it a try soon and give a second life to this nice piece of computer.

[@beanboy89]

Is the iBook sitting on an Apple II?

[@codfish6845]

I tried to do this on my eMac (G4) and I got the same black screen problem he got on the iBook the first time with every distro I tried to boot.

[@ananthalakshmiyerukonda9939]

Windows Guy:HOW THE HECK CAN U LIVE WITHOUT RIGHT CLICK MAC Guy:i have a just have a left click

[@ComputerClan]

What? Apple mice have had a right click for years. : s

[@ananthalakshmiyerukonda9939]

Omg ITS YOU!!!?!?!!!!!

[@oliviarose9541]

I absolutely loved this video

[@ComputerClan]

Thank you.

[@venomixminecraft4093]

Ken's Unknown Disk Partitions - 2018's biggest game

[@chillbro2275]

This was funny and helpful hahaha "Sorry, iMac... Nothing personal" ahaha

[@HunterSkiff]

Couldn't you have used the internet sharing feature on the iBook?

[@Cyber_Horse_Studios87]

“MATSHITA CD” ...thanks Ken. I will never unhear that. XD

[@gp987other]

12:10 discovery kids 2005-present

[@HughJaeness]

that ubuntu wallpaper on the iMac was a hard nostalgia hit

[@Sithhy]

Seeing the old Ubuntu kind of brings back some memories for me... The first ever Linux I tried was Ubuntu 10.10 but I didn't really do much on it

[@somegreenguy]

i'm pretty sure MacOS9Lives is kinda like a fan installation, I have it on my iBook G3

[@Arctic740]

It’s just a version of Mac OS with all the updates pre-installed

[@rockettaco]

Yay! Krazy Ken! Long time no see.

[@beedslolkuntus2070]

12:11 Truck horn 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Poire33]

Great video, I enjoyed it. :) You know Krazy Ken, you could have made an image of the full drive of the iBook and the iMac through Target Disk Mode by connecting them one at a time to your Macbook Pro using your trusty conversion technology and use Disk Utility or Superduper to image the whole drives of these computers and then just do a clean install of Linux onto both of these systems. That would have been way easier. Next time maybe think about doing a backup before an installation sensation onto a Mac rather than repartitioning.

[@MikeDancy]

I read on the internet that the ibook is still reformatting to this day.

[@majoryoshi]

A 40 minute long video... Time to get the popcorn!

[@ComputerClan]

Atta boy!

[@VictorRodriguez-zp2do]

I doubt a popcorn can last 40 minutes

[@MatthiasLee1]

Victor Rodriguez he didn’t day only one

[@YMica-OSE]

My favorite Linux distro FINALLY HERE!!!!

[@hannescampidell]

for hex you need a # on the beginning

[@MaximNightFury]

You can still install Ubuntu on PowerPC, though I doubt there's support for G4

[@exist_without_saving]

MacOS9Lives was the unofficial Mac OS 9 system install you downloaded because your Mac 9 disk wouldn't work during the Mac 9 install episode I think. The folder is empty because the installation failed lol

[@ComputerClan]

That makes sense!

[@samf1504]

Skipped part with spider because I was scared. XD

[@VocaloidFan9753]

Simple = Suffering

[@Poire33]

What is the year of your Mac Mini, Ken? 2011 or 2012?

[@ComputerClan]

2012

[@Zen-Koru]

may you please llink the download link for ubuntu PPC? online it is really hard to find anything about the version.

[@allan.n.7227]

My iMac G4 is waiting in excitement for me to learn from this video.. thanks for uploading.. (btw mine has the old airport card that is not WPA2 compatible, så I plan to hook up an airport express to the ethernet port..)

[@allan.n.7227]

Shoot.. any idea why?

[@mitchelvalentino1569]

Linux on PowerPC is awesome. But as others have mentioned, more modern versions of Linux are available.

[@ComputerClan]

Will they work well on a 17-year-old computer? I mean, it’s Linux, so paired with the right DE, it could run on a sundial, but I want to make sure. ; )

[@mitchelvalentino1569]

Computer Clan Yes! On the MacRumors forum, under the PowerPC section, there’s a stickied thread about which operating systems run on those old PowerMacs. I prefer OpenBSD and NetBSD, but I know there are some Linux distros that also run well. Maybe some semi-recent version of Debian or Ubuntu? I haven’t checked in a few months. Anyway, it’s great to see a KZbin video of an old PowerMac! Thank you for the upload! Awesome channel! You got yourself a new subscriber!

[@zomboss3912]

ALARM AT 35:36

[@mychemicalbromance97]

me: there are multiple ways to pronounce ubuntu ken: ooboontoo me: that's not one.

[@christiannorwik]

21:43 That’s my way to solving stuff... Yeah I’m not alone 😅

[@lawrencedoliveiro9104]

1:41 Absolutely no leg movement, so I’m thinking pretty confidently “gravity” at this point. (Speaking from long experience with encountering long-legged house spiders ...)

[@_kat1c]

We’re going to 100k! Just continue Ken! ;)

[@ComputerClan]

That's the plan. : )

[@WD__40]

@@ComputerClan Why didn't you try MorphOS?

[@cirkulx]

The Classic. Conversion Technology. We love conversion.

[@jiankuo]

Just got a iMac G4 PowreMac 4.2 with 512mb ram, should I install Linux(which version?) or Mac OS(which version?). thanks

[@jjtv9928]

why are you ten stories underground

[@ComputerClan]

I'm still trying to figure that out! The lore seems to be developing…

[@jjtv9928]

@@ComputerClan do you live in those underground Australian homes

[@maggiethegamer1271]

Your air checking unit in the background is turning greenish, I'd be careful.

[@ComputerClan]

Oooohhhh boy…

[@FunkyFurret]

Ohhhhhhhhhh..... This episode is going to be very very interesting.

[@NaviciaAbbot]

Okay... I think Civvie's in the same facility as Krazy Ken. If Krazy Ken is ten floors below surface, that would make him X-

[@coolduder1001]

Before watching, I already know the pain he is going to have

[@vmflameincorporated]

oh video was published on 18.10.2018 Ken mentions ubuntu 18.10 haha

[@Noaddedsalt01]

Plan this weekend: watch this on my iMac g4 and log it on KZbin

[@TimurTripp2]

38:56 self-assigned IP. Try assigning both computers a static IP in the same subnet (and put in the Mac mini's IP address next to "Gateway address" on the Ubuntu iMac).

[@stevenicks1778]

watching this on an old G4 PowerPC 1.25 MDD (2003 version) running OS X 10.5.8 dual booted with OS 9.2.2, came with Mac Pro Keyboard 300gig IDE HDD + 40gig HDD 1.25GB system ram, the chap I bought it from only wanted £20 so I though why not never owned a Mac computer in my life, it had a faulty stick of Ram causing random lock ups, it could still boot and run fine for ages but random lock ups figured out what stick was faulty removed it and its be rock solid stable since :D albeit sloooow on youtube I can still watch youtube videos using TenFourFox browser and its codec update that works for you tube :D gotta love them for that! G4 PowerPC Super Computer 2019 BABY! (hope the USA Government dont find out I got my hands on one!)

[@OSSHeadquarters]

You base your studio 10 stories underground? This definitely beats our studio -indie- inside a mountain. 😄

[@TorSmedbergGames]

You have to put "#" before the hex color code.

[@Poire33]

26:40 I tried that same procedure on a 2011 iMac with Lion but it wanted me to sign in. Krazy Ken, maybe you already bought Mountain Lion as part of an upgrade?

[@alherrera9390]

I hope those were really robodogs, no killing real dogs, dude. This is a very nice video! Learnt a thing or two

[@evangelosraptis5486]

You should have installed the latest version of Debian, which officially supports PowerPC

[@honeyblaze6177]

this is the fuckin bohemian rhapsody of installation sensation holy shit

[@xaingo76]

Hey Ken, I know it been a few months since this came out and not sure if you found a solution for the network but you ever try a crossover cable?

[@acmild]

Do you have any instructions on how to repair this iMac PSU? Coz mine is busted, and as my fave mac I’d like to bring it back to life and use it again.

[@alyx6427]

btw isn’t soft reset when you press the reset button or hold down the power button? hard reset is when you factory reset i thought

[@undrgrndneo]

For the internet issue did you make sure date and time where correct? Websites won't load if that's wrong. Did you try going to google? Try https at the beginning of the address. Try setting Ethernet as DHCP so it grabs the correct IP. Can you ping any website? The web browser may be to old to load modern websites

[@Toastyisburning]

You should do the next vintage apple vault on this!

[@ComputerClan]

The iMac G4 will be in volume 2 ; )

[@seshpenguin]

Hype! Gotta love PPC and Linux :D I'd also like to remind people Ubuntu 18.10 is much easier to install (and on modern hardware not PPC) ;P

[@buttoncallederase3023]

Leaving this here until I watch it later tonight

[@Sithhy]

Is it night for you yet?

[@jammythebaby3693]

@@Sithhy idk

[@buttoncallederase3023]

Out of school now, so yeah! :D

[@shady4tv]

if you EVER get an IP that starts with 169.254 you will not be able to connect to the network. Addresses that start with 169.254 are reserved for something called an APIPA (Automatic Private IP Assignment). When you get these it mean's that the device is connected on the layer 2 (it sees the device on the other end's MAC address) but nothing is giving it an IP address. I assume your Mac Mini was not properly configured for DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) which is responsible for giving devices on your network IP addresses. Also - if you need ethernet cables hit me up, I can send you a large box of them lol These things go for a dime a dozen at this point.

[@RFLCPTR]

ahh nostalgia...i tried this shit on my iMac G5. . . My GPU commited suicide while trying to intall Lubuntu. Only a month after buying it used. ....shit happens i guess.

[@glitchslayed6728]

ubuntu mate is supported on powerpc latest version, so use this

[@jamesperih9658]

Could you provide a link to the ISO of the powerpc image?

[@bradbeck753]

Ken, iBooks don’t have a clock battery. Everything goes off of the main battery.

[@cidsx]

20:18 My thinkpad has a drive with the same name, i think they are a company that manufactures disk drives.

[@peterwan816]

Did you use a cross cable?

[@Kenny-bw2cz]

What's the latest version of ubuntu can a Imac G4 work with? My imac G4 has 1ghz and 2 gb ram

[@TheWarrrenator]

@35:19 HILARIOUS! I recently picked up an iMac G4 snowball from a lady getting a divorce giving it away for FREE on Craigslist. I've tried to get this thing to upload Lubuntu 16.04 for PowerPC and the stupid thing refuses to read the disk, so I am going to attempt an older Ubuntu like you did in this video. Hopefully there are old downloads floating around on the interwebs. Also, what are the specs for these computers? I think the snowball I got has 1.25 Ghz processor, whatever the last, fastest one that Apple sold before the G5. I'm a huge fan of Audacity so my goal is to find an open source DAW/recording software such as LMMS or Rosegarden or maybe even Seq24 to make music with so I will just have to use the older versions. I have Ubuntu 16.04 running on a partition on my Macbook, but I am having issues with getting the software to make any sound, getting the speakers to work, etc. (something to do with the kernal? How corny is that? LOL IDK, I am basically a Luddite.) but I maybe I can get the two Linux OSes to share interwebs better than you had on this video. I'm not emotionally attached to any of the files, content or macOS on the snowball so I am going to wipe the harddrive clean and maybe that will make things easier? Thanks for the great video, it has been a great help for me!

[@missiondemolition]

I just had the idea to install 10.04 on my 1999 Power Mac G4. It was so hard to find.

[@benh.635]

I just got a message from the Mac OS telling me to upgrade to Mojave. I'm running El Capitan on a computer that is three years older than the minimum supported models.

[@BlockyOldNov20202]

i have a 2007 imac that from tiger up to El Capitan LOL

[@benh.635]

Has it asked you to upgrade yet?

[@BlockyOldNov20202]

um no becuse i the F**KING HARD DIED 5 weeks AGO but today my 2012 macbookpro asked me to upgrade to mc os mojave and im typeing this on my 2017 imac running mac os high searirer

[@benh.635]

Ah, ok. Do you know why it died?

[@BlockyOldNov20202]

um i dont really no i just hoped on there then went away for 2 hours came back to shift but it wout not let me login then when started it back up it crossed out the hard drive then A FEW YEARS LATTER IT OPENED UP THE MAC OSX SNOW LEPARD INSTALL DVD that had in there from when i stalled swonlepard last year LIKE WOT DA F**K!!!!! OK

[@glitchslayed6728]

this is reminding me of the old days of ubuntu

[@InvertDark]

Did you really forget the Mac OS 9 Installation Frustration Two Part-er?

[@ComputerClan]

Ha. I guess I did.