We reported how to run upcoming Lubuntu desktop LXQt in Xenial Xerus on a Raspberry Pi 2 and now, thanks to tester Herminio Hernandez, Jr. (and his iBook G4), we can confirm that it works on PowerPC machines!
To replicate:
Previous to having the LXQt packages in the repositories, PPC testers were unable to use the PPA because Launchpad didn’t build for architectures outside of i386 or amd64. The other benefit is that it should be less cutting edge and thus more stable.
Apple Power Mac G5 Linux Ubuntu Mate 16 04 - Install and Test Linux Ubuntu Mate 16.04 PPC ISO - http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-mate/releases/16.04/release/. Mac (PowerPC) and IBM-PPC (POWER5) desktop CD For Apple Macintosh G3, G4, and G5 computers, including iBooks and PowerBooks as well as IBM OpenPower machines. This is a live CD which is painfully slow, but should boot into a working desktop.
Since we release PowerPC images only for LTS versions and since we’re not planning on releasing LXQt for Xenial, there will be a bit more waiting for PPC users, but at least in this way, a pretty solid preview can be obtained.
Should you follow this procedure, please report any bugs against the appropriate package itself, since all of the necessary packages are in the repos.
Meanwhile, PPC testers can get back to ISO testing the LXDE Xenial Xerus image, which is due 21 April 2016.
Further questions can be directed at the Lubuntu QA Team.
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