[olug] [Macintosh] Powermac G3, Ubuntu, and OS X

[Phil Brutsche]

Daniel Linder wrote:
> 
> I have acquired an old PowerMac G3 (128MB RAM, unknown HDD size) and I
> would like to play with Ubuntu and OS-X.  I have the PowerPC version
> of Ubuntu 5.10 on CD at home so that won't be a problem.  How do I go
> about getting OS X media to play with on this?
> 
> Is downloading OS X image from Apple possible (let alone leagle)?  If
> not, does anyone have a copy of the media they would like to part
> with?

You have a RTU (right to use) for any version of MacOS you like,
provided it will run on the machine.  Some G3 machines won't OS X
period, some G3 machines will only run OS X through 10.2 or so.  You
might have to check a couple Mac-specific lists to find out which will
and which won't.

Since you got the license with the machine, all you need to do is find
someone that will loan you media.  It's not downloadable from Apple.

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Phil Brutsche
phil at brutsche.us