Compare two revisions of: Debian 12 on G4 Macs in 2025

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73 73 `ftp.ports.debian.org`
74 74
75 -Things should work from there.
75 +## Select and Install Software
76 +
77 +As of Feb 4, 2025, the "install standard utilities" option in the installer is broken. the Cinnamon desktop is also broken.
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77 79 ## GRUB
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112 114 ```
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114 116 where X is your *boot* partition number, as listed in step 2
117 +
118 +### Wifi
119 +
120 +While you're in the other terminal, and having set up APT, you may as well install the wifi drivers:
121 +
122 +(make sure you are in the chroot environment `chroot /target`)
123 +
124 +```sh
125 +apt install firmware-b43-installer
126 +```
127 +
128 +It doesn't seem to want to work with modern WPA2 networks.
129 +
130 +# Hardware
131 +
132 +## Wifi
133 +
134 +You need the `firmware-b43-installer` APT package.
135 +
136 +## Sound
137 +
138 +System beep works out of the box
139 +
140 +## iBook G4
141 +
142 +After waking from sleep, screen colors are inverted
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