Mixed News for Mac Users
Those of you with PowerPC Macs may be aware that previous Ubuntu releases have been available in PowerPC versions. Unfortunately, as of the Feisty Fawn release last year, this is no longer the case. This means that if you are a PowerPC Mac user, you will have to use one of the older Ubuntu releases or wait for an unofficial, community-supported release of Hardy Heron (more on that name in the following section) for PowerPCs (http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ports).
Of course, if you are using one of the new Intel-based Macs, you're in luck because the disk that comes with this book will work on your Mac. After all, the i in i386 stands for Intel.
Get Ubuntu For Non-Geeks, 3rd Edition now with the O’Reilly learning platform.
O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.
