Request for a once-montly PowerPC for Apple Systems FAQ?
I am noticing there is a tremendous amount of misinformation and outright confusion floating around about installing debian (current) on PowerPC Apple systems. Current walkthroughs are telling people what seems to me to be the completely wrong way to go about things. Older debian and other walkthroughs are no longer valid. People are following recipes from 2, 3, or 8 years ago, adding all the wrong apt sources and installing software from all over the place, thinking they are following the current recommendations, which it seems to me, they are not.
Other distros are dropping PowerPC Apple systems, and people are looking for direction.
Given that this list is the defacto standard for the source of such info, I wonder if someone might agree to maintain a once-monthly “This is how…” FAQ or similar.
Even just:
1. which exact iso is the current recommended install iso for Apple PowerPC machines
2. whether to use 64bit on G5s or not
3. what is the current recommended setup for apt sources
4. how to get the common video cards working
5. how to get the b43 wifi working
6. how to get the sound working
Ideally something really brief, and recipe-like, for many new users to follow. All this info is out there, but in different places and not easy to cull into one spot.
This might solve a great number of questions out there, and bring in happy new users!
If anyone is interested, of course, in spearheading such a document.
Best,
Ken
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