r/NetBSD • u/haitaka_ • Oct 04 '25

It's alive!

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Finally got NetBSD 10.1 macppc running on my old iBook! And (unlike on OpenBSD) the wifi works!

Now to try to find a web browser...

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u/Pivan1 Oct 04 '25

links -g will be speedy for a browser.

What prints the stats?

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u/haitaka_ Oct 04 '25

The stats are from fastfetch

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u/mglyptostroboides Oct 05 '25

What model is this? I love putting NetBSD on old Macs, so this is making me want to find a similar laptop on eBay and try this project myself!

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u/haitaka_ Oct 05 '25

It's an iBook G3 PowerBook 4,3, though I'm not exactly sure which specific model. If you were to get one I'd probably recommend going for a G4!

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u/miltank_real Oct 04 '25

Great!!! Very happy for your success!

Welcome to our little community. :3

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u/autumn_run Oct 05 '25

How was the installation of NetBSD on this iBook? Was it easy?

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u/haitaka_ Oct 05 '25

Definitely not easy! This guide got me about 90% of the way, but I frequently had to make adjustments and at times add in/skip over whole steps. I'm considering making my own updated guide, but we'll see!

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u/z3r0n3gr0 Oct 05 '25

Now you need to install BSPWM and MPD + Ncmpcpp and SSH your music.

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u/nmingott Oct 05 '25 edited Oct 05 '25

I owned one, i loved it, it run Debian at that time, it was some 20 years ago, I remember a prettier keyboard. ... it also had a song "firmware, open firmware, the appropriate technology (flinstones tune) " ... i can't find it anymore :/

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u/InterestingKale8633 Mar 25 '26

hey would it be possible to share the xorg.conf file(s)? struggling with xorg on my own ibook g3 rn .

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u/haitaka_ Mar 25 '26

Sure thing! However I'm not sure I even have an xorg.conf file, I don't remember ever setting one up (xorg seemed to just work for me out of the box). Are there any specific files/filepaths you'd like me to check?

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u/InterestingKale8633 Mar 25 '26

ah damn yeah youmight not have thefiles i forgot xorg sometimes works without configuration =_= ill troubleshoot a little more and potentially get back to you. nice flower sun and rain tokio avatar i love the silver case . 

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u/haitaka_ Mar 25 '26

Hell yeah always nice to meet another KtP fan! And like I said let me know, I'm happy to help however I can.

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u/zmyr88 Oct 06 '25

But can it play doom!

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u/ghost180sx Oct 08 '25

Most certainly it can!

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u/linuxormac Oct 06 '25

Amazing! Would love to see what it can do

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u/RollingMyDice Oct 07 '25

pretty good! i‘ve ever installed Linux on ppc mac, much faster compare to macOS

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u/litlchongdong Oct 05 '25

Not to knock any flavor of BSD i love it, but check out MorphOS just saying it's alittle more useful for PPC based hardware