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Installing MODERN DEBIAN on a Power Mac G5! (2022x4)

Air date: Jan 23, 2022

Today we're going to try and install Debian 11 Sid on a PowerMac G5, which is known to have a broken bootloader and almost installing from the netinstall CD. The catch is - I've already successfully installed it once, but I don't remember exactly how I did it. So today, let's try to reproduce the install for posterity, and then explore bleeding-edge Debian Linux on a 20 year old Power Mac!