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trevordick
Posted: Wed May 09, 2012 10:23 pm
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I just thought I'd let you know that we now have Linux Mint 11 running very nicely on the AmigaONE X1000. The A1-X1000 is based on a P.A. Semi dual-core PowerPC64 CPU designed specifically from running the AmigaOS. It also runs Debian Squeeze, CRUX PPC, Gentoo and now Linux Mint 11 PPC.

Many thanks for all your hardwork. A donation has been sent.

TrevorD


Re: AmigaONE X1000
linuxopjemac
Posted: Wed May 09, 2012 10:26 pm
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Great work Trevor, hope you like MintPPC.


Re: AmigaONE X1000
Fred_Booth
Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 12:40 am


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Well done Trevor. Can't wait until I get one. Installing on my Mac for now.


Re: AmigaONE X1000
vox
Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2012 6:46 pm

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trevordick wrote:
I just thought I'd let you know that we now have Linux Mint 11 running very nicely on the AmigaONE X1000. The A1-X1000 is based on a P.A. Semi dual-core PowerPC64 CPU designed specifically from running the AmigaOS. It also runs Debian Squeeze, CRUX PPC, Gentoo and now Linux Mint 11 PPC.

Many thanks for all your hardwork. A donation has been sent.

TrevorD

Dear Trevor,

How difficult was it to install Mint 11 to AmigaOne x1000?
I find MINT very user friendly, and think of AmigaOne x1000 not only
as great AmigaOS 4.1 system, but as of great :Linux PPC workstation too ...

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About Linux MintPPC


MintPPC is a Linux distribution for 32 and 64 bits PowerPC computers which is based on Linux Mint LXDE, ported to Debian/PPC. The idea behind MintPPC is to have a fast good looking lightweight desktop manager, which runs well on older G3, G4 and G5 machines. MintPPC is directed to desktop users who want a very fast system without the need to install software themselves. It is easy to use and it is complete. An advantage of this distribution for PowerPC users is that a few bugs, which are always present in Debian/Ubuntu, have been overcome. After installing MintPPC things like battery status meter, laptop sleep mode and sound will work out of the box. MintPPC is not affiliated with Linux Mint but it uses the same underlying source code. MintPPC was first released as Linux Mint LXDE Debian Lenny in May 2010. In October 2010 MintPPC 9 was released which was based on Linux Mint LXDE 9 (Isadora) and Debian Squeeze. In November 2011 MintPPC 11 was released, which is based on Debian Wheezy (7.0) and Linux Mint LXDE Katya (11). Because of a conflict with the Linux Mint team, the name of the distribution was changed into MintPPC. MintPPC is developed by Jeroen Diederen (Linuxopjemac), a Dutch Linux enthusiast who also owns a general website about running Linux on Macs. The new logo and the desktop wallpapers in MintPPC 11 were designed by Ferdl.
Supported Macs
PowerBook G3 / 333 (Lombard)
PowerBook G3 / 400 & 500 (Pismo)
PowerBook G4 / 400 & 500 Titanium
PowerBook G4 / 867 12 inch Titanium
PowerBook G4 / 1 Titanium
PowerBook G4 / 1.5 Aluminium
iBook G3 / 300 clamshell
iBook G3 / 366 Firewire (Indigo)
iBook G3 / 366 SE
iBook G3 / 466
iBook G3 / 500 & 700 Dual USB
iBook G3/900
iBook G4 / 1 12 inch
iBook G4 / 1.2 12 inch
iBook G4 / 1.33
iBook G4 / 1.42 14 inch
iMac G3 / 266
iMac G3 / 333 Rev. D
iMac G3 / 500 Summer 2001
iMac G3 / 600
iMac G4 / 700 iLamp
iMac G5
eMac G4 / 700 & 800
eMac G4 / 1.25 (USB 2.0)
Beige G3 (OldWorld)
G4 graphite
G4 Cube
PowerMac G4 3,4 QuickSilver and Digital Audio
PowerMac G4 3,5
Dual G4 450
G4 466
G4 933 (QS 2002)
Mac Mini G4
Mac Mini G4 II
PowerMac G5

The following list shows successful installations of MintPPC on other PPC machines:
PlayStation 3
XBox360
AmigaOne X1000

Install Instructions
http://www.mintppc.org/content/installation-instructions-mintppc-11

DOWNLOAD

G3 / G4:
http://d-i.debian.org/daily-images/powerpc/daily/powerpc/netboot/mini.iso
G5: http://d-i.debian.org/daily-images/powerpc/daily/powerpc64/netboot/mini.iso

Other PPC Linux ACTIVE distros
11 32 bit http://d-i.debian.org/daily-images/powerpc/daily/powerpc/netboot/mini.iso
3 64 bit http://d-i.debian.org/daily-images/powerpc/daily/powerpc64/netboot/mini.iso

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@vox

Where can we get the USB flash drive image that Pat Wall created?

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@ddni

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ddni wrote: @vox Where can we get the USB flash drive image that Pat Wall created?

After the betatesting phase

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@tommysammy

Ah ok thanks. How long is that phase ?

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@ddni

When it is done. I don^ t know it but i think it will soon released

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@tommysammy

ta.

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@vox

I don't see Teron AmigaOne PPC boards supported. Any chance there will be a release that works on the micro A1?

Thanks,

Scott

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I don't see Teron AmigaOne PPC boards supported. Any chance there will be a release that works on the micro A1?

Neither is X1000 officially listed, but works with Trevors manual AND Kernel.

Since I dont have XE/SE/Micro A1 I don`t know how old is the last A1 kernel and is it possible at all.
Seems like owners havent been aware of Amiga PPC boards - distro is aimed at PPC Macs

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@scabit

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scabit wrote: @vox I don't see Teron AmigaOne PPC boards supported. Any chance there will be a release that works on the micro A1?

Unlikely.

@vox

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vox wrote: ... Neither is X1000 officially listed, but works with Trevors manual AND Kernel. Since I dont have XE/SE/Micro A1 I don`t know how old is the last A1 kernel and is it possible at all. Seems like owners havent been aware of Amiga PPC boards - distro is aimed at PPC Macs

The kernel is not the only blocking point for distribution support.

The thing is that AFAICT every install CD for whatever AmigaOne machine up to now is just a manually modified PowerPC Mac install CD. Unfortunately nobody (including me ) accepted to work on official distribution (for example Debian) support for the AmigaOne (SE/XE/uA1/X1000/500..), because it takes a lot of time. However it is the only way to make it possible at all for distributions to add support for our machines and it would avoid to do the work of creating an install CD all over again for the next distribution release.

BTW: Does the X1000 require a patched Linux kernel and if yes, are the patches available somewhere?

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@Geri

Well, also unavailability of old A1 boards makes it quite impossible to provide them to offer support.
Sadly, Eyetech / A1 havent done this in the start, while for X1000 support has been provided from day one, and for SAMs Acube has done needed job.

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BTW: Does the X1000 require a patched Linux kernel and if yes, are the patches available somewhere

Dont have X1000 but judging from support forum detailed guide and patches are provided to registered X1000 owners.

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@vox

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vox wrote: @Geri Well, also unavailability of old A1 boards makes it quite impossible to provide them to offer support. Sadly, Eyetech / A1 havent done this in the start, while for X1000 support has been provided from day one, and for SAMs Acube has done needed job.

I think Eyetech tried to get official Linux distribution support for the AmigaOne in the beginning, but gave up when the DMA bug became apparent and no workaround for Linux was available.

I agree that the situation is much better for the X1000 and Sam boards. However I don't know of any Sam or X1000 related code in the Debian installer for example (otherwise I would expect to find something like a parthenope bootloader package in the Debian software repository - as you can find it for yaboot, grub, etc.). So there may likely be no new install CDs, when support runs dry for these machines (which IMHO would be sad).

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Dont have X1000 but judging from support forum detailed guide and patches are provided to registered X1000 owners.

I see. Thanks!

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@tommysammy

Hmmm ... I like real MINT and this light PPC Mint idea
of Wheezy being faster.

Should I install it G5 PPC64 version over Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
http://forum.hyperion-entertainment.biz/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=2013

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