
The dimensions and paintĬolours match exactly, although the width of the optical drive slot is wider on In the photo below, the ICBM (Intel chipīased Macintosh) is on top, with the G4 system underneath. Ubuntu is a Debian-based distribution focusing on desktop usabilityĪnd regular stable releases. The i386 Mac Miniĭual boots MacOS X and a pre-release of Ubuntu 6.10 We have both an i386 (Intel) and a PowerPC Mac Mini. Words they are regular PCs using Intel's Centrino platform, modulo some fancy firmware, and withĪ little persuasion can run common or garden i386 Linux. Mac Mini systems shipped since February 2006 contain Intel "Core Duo" processors and an Intel Installing Debian on these earlier PowerPC G4 based systems I have now addedĪ short guide to installing Ubuntu on the newer Intel based systems. This page primarily describes a technique for

The first generation of Mac Mini systems used PowerPC G4 processors.

(This article has been translated to Spanish by Maria Ramos " Gracias, Maria!) Installing Debian GNU/Linux on the Mac Mini
