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{{Main article|iPodLinux}}

iPodLinux is a Linux distribution created specifically to run on Apple's [[iPod]].

There is an experimental port of the mainline Linux kernel to iPod Nano 5G by [https://github.com/freemyipod/linux freemyipod/q3k].

== Mac computers ==

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=== PowerPC Macs ===

In 1996, Apple announced that they were supporting a Linux port to the PowerMacs.<ref>{{Cite web |last=K. Johnson |first=Michael |date=May 1, 1996 |title=Stop The Presses |url=https://www.linuxjournal.com/article/1263 |access-date=2024-12-20 |website=[[Linux Journal]]}}</ref>

[[PowerPC]] Macs can run Linux through both [[Emulator|emulation]] and [[Multi-booting|dual-booting]] ("bare metal")<!-- what about virtualization? -->. The most popular PowerPC emulation tools for Mac OS/Mac OS X are Microsoft's [[Virtual PC]], and the open-source [[QEMU]].<ref name="MacOSXUnixGeeks" />

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* [[Gentoo Linux|Gentoo]]<ref name="MacOSXUnixGeeks" />

* Debian<ref name="MacOSXUnixGeeks" /> (until Debian 8,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Debian for PowerPC |url=https://www.debian.org/ports/powerpc/index.en.html |access-date=2023-04-01 |website=Debian Ports}}</ref> revived shortly after as a Sid community port<ref>https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/ports/</ref>) <!--really terrible horrible thing to use as a citation but it is the download mirror that has updated Debian Sid 12 images on PowerPC, their official docs are out of date though and don't reflect this-->

* [[Ubuntu]]<ref name="MacOSXUnixGeeks" /> (until Ubuntu 16.10<ref>{{Cite web |title=PowerPCFaq |url=https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PowerPCFAQ |access-date=2023-04-01 |website=Ubuntu Wiki}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Ubuntu: A follow-up on 32-bit powerpc architecture [LWN.net] |url=https://lwn.net/Articles/717495/ |access-date=2023-04-01 |website=LWN}}</ref>)

* [[Fedora Linux|Fedora]]<ref name="MacOSXUnixGeeks" /> (until Fedora 17 for G3 and G4 processors, and Fedora 28 for G5<ref>{{Cite web |title=Architectures/PowerPC |url=https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Architectures/PowerPC |access-date=2023-04-01 |website=Fedora Wiki}}</ref>)

* [[Yellow Dog Linux]]<ref name="MacOSXUnixGeeks" /> (discontinued in 2009<ref>{{Cite web |title=DistroWatch.com: Yellow Dog Linux |url=https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=yellowdog |access-date=2023-04-01 |website=DistroWatch}}</ref>)

All of the above PowerPC ports have since been discontinued, except for Gentoo.<!-- Iffy use of primary citations, but it's better than misleading readers, providing info that's 15 years out of date, or being recentist and only adding current stuff. --> and Debian (official support ended in Debian 8)

=== Intel Macs ===

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In 2010, Whitson Gordon from Lifehacker noted that Apple has streamlined the process of dual booting Windows on Macs, but not for Linux. [[rEFIt]] made it possible to dual boot Linux.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2010-05-05 |title=How to Triple-Boot Your Mac with Windows and Linux, No Boot Camp Required |url=https://lifehacker.com/how-to-triple-boot-your-mac-with-windows-and-linux-no-5531037 |access-date=2022-06-14 |website=Lifehacker |language=en-us}}</ref>

Macs which utilize the T2 chip from 2018 can run Linux distributions natively using the T2Linux project. <ref>{{cite web |url=https://wiki.t2linux.org/ |title=Home - t2linux wiki}}</ref>

=== Apple silicon Macs ===

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