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=== Motorola 68k Macs ===

Linux can be [[Multi-booting|dual-booted]] on Macs that use [[Motorola 68000 series|Motorola 680x0]] processors (only 68020 and higher,<ref>{{Cite web |title=How to install Linux on a vintage 68K Mac |url=https://www.macworld.com/article/220967/how-to-install-linux-on-a-vintage-68k-mac.html |access-date=2023-04-01 |website=Macworld |language=en}}</ref> and only non-"EC" processor variants since an [[Memory management unit|MMU]] is required<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Debian on Motorola 680x0 |url=https://www.debian.org/ports/m68k/index.en.html |access-date=2023-04-01 |website=Debian Ports}}</ref>). The ''Linux/mac68k'' community project provides resources to do so,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Linux/m68k for Macintosh |url=http://www.mac.linux-m68k.org/ |access-date=2023-04-01 |website=Linux/m68k for Mac}}</ref><ref name=":1MacOSXUnixGeeks">{{Cite book |last=Rothman |first=Ernest E. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S_OSYVXMAYUC&newbks=0 |title=Mac OS X For Unix Geeks (Leopard): Demistifying the Geekier Side of Mac OS X |last2=Jepson |first2=Brian |last3=Rosen |first3=Rich |date=2008-09-18 |publisher=O'Reilly Media, Inc. |isbn=978-0-596-55519-1 |edition=4th |language=en}}</ref> and an m68k community port of the [[Debian]] Linux distribution is also available.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1MacOSXUnixGeeks" />

=== PowerPC Macs ===

[[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 X are Microsoft's [[Virtual PC]], and the open-source [[QEMU]].<ref name="MacOSXUnixGeeks" />

Linux dual-booting is achieved by partitioning the [[boot drive]] and installing the [[rEFIt]] bootloader. By 2008, a number of major Linux distributions had official versions compatible with Mac PowerPC processors<!-- Macs were Big Endian; G3 and G4 were 32-bit, G5 was 64-bit. Many distros now only support Little Endian PPC. -->, including:<ref name=":2">{{Cite book |last=Dornfest |first=Rael |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/79871186 |title=Mac OS X hacks |date=2003 |publisher=O'Reilly |others=Kevin Hemenway |isbn=0-596-00460-5 |edition=1st |___location=Beijing |pages=234–242 |oclc=79871186}}</ref>

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== External links ==

* {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080323104004/http://www.kernelthread.com:80/mac/vpc/|date=March 23, 2008|title=Amit Singh's "Many Systems on a PowerBook" article}} documents the use of emulation to run dozens of operating systems on PowerPC Macs. This article is described as "legendary" by Rothman, Jepsen & Rosen.<ref name=":1MacOSXUnixGeeks" />

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