New Release Of T2/Linux
T2/Linux 24.12 with XFCE Desktop on Powermac G5
As you know, this weblog is about my 2005 Powermac G5 and how to use it in 2024 soon 2025 as a normal computing device. I installed different Linux Distros on an 1 TB NVMe Device while computing with 12 GB-Ram.
And today reached me the information that famous René Rebe did released T2/Linux 12.2024 [1]. They are pleased to announce T2 24.12 as a major update with a total of 37 pre-compiled base install ISOs for various Glibc, Musl and uClibc combinations are available for 25 CPU ISAs:
- Alpha,
- Arc,
- ARM(64),
- Avr32,
- HPPA(64),
- IA64,
- Loongarch64,
- M68k,
- Microblaze,
- MIPS(64),
- Nios2,
- OpenRISC,
- PowerPC(64),
- RISCV(64),
- s390x,
- SPARC(64),
- SuperH,
- i486, i686, x86-64 and x32.
On most architectures the release still boots with as little as 512MB of RAM or even less, and ISO downloads are less than 2GB for base Wayland desktop with Firefox.
T2/Linux Installer bootet from DVD - PPC64
I am happy with this early christmas gift. Thank you René for your outstanding work.
Ressources
- Here you will find the Download for T2/Linux PPC64 ISO File - 1,3 GB
- Here you will find the Download for T2/Linux ARM64 ISO File - 1,3 GB
- [1] - Sky's the Limit! https://t2sde.org/#news-2024-12-19
- Quick Build in seven-1 easy steps
- Getting started w/ a fresh T2 install
Tags: t2linux, powermacg5, linux