Operating Systems for PowerPC

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OS	Ver.	Date	Family	S	T	sdI	R	uD	uS	uE	³²	⁶⁴	^64le
T2 SDE	25.10	2025.10.07.	Linux	Y	F	N	N	Y	Y	Y	Desktop (GLibC/Wayland)	Desktop (GLibC/Wayland)	Desktop (GLibC/Wayland)
Debian	13.1	2025.09.06.	Linux	Y	F	R	N	Y	Y	Y	---	---	Mini • NetInst • DVD
FreeBSD	14.3	2025.06.10.	BSD	Y	F	N	N	Y	Y	Y	Boot only • CD • Boot only SPE • CD SPE	Boot only • CD	Boot only • CD
OpenBSD	7.7	2025.04.28.	BSD	Y	F	N	N	Y	Y	Y	Mac installer • Mac installer (no filesets)	Mac installer (runs in 32-bit mode) • Mac installer (no filesets, runs in 32-bit mode) • PowerNV miniroot (no filesets) • PowerNV USB installer • PowerNV installer	---
Ubuntu	25.04	2025.04.17.	Linux	Y	F	R	N	Y	Y	Y	---	---	Server
MorphOS	3.19	2025.01.18.	Amiga	Y	S	N	N	Y	N	N	Generic • Genesi Efika / ACube Sam460 / AmigaOne X5000	Apple (Power Mac / iMac) G5	---
Alpine Linux	3.21.2	2025.01.08.	Linux	Y	F	N	N	Y	Y	Y	---	---	Standard • Netboot • Mini root FS
Evilnat	4.91.2	2024.12.25.	BSD	Y	F	N	N	N	N	Y	---	PlayStation 3 (Cobra [CEX] [noBD] and [noBD + noBT] versions)	---
Adélie Linux	1.0-Beta6	2024.12.15.	Linux	Y	F	N	N	Y	Y	Y	Installer • Live KDE • Live LxQt • Live MATE • Live XFCE • Mini ROOTFS • Full ROOTFS	Installer • Live KDE • Live LxQt • Live MATE • Live XFCE • Mini ROOTFS • Full ROOTFS	---
CentOS Stream	10	2024.12.12.	Linux	Y	F	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	---	---	Boot • DVD • Cloud (qcow2) • Container (Base)
Arch Linux	RR	2024.12.08.	Linux	Y	F	R	N	Y	Y	Y	Installer • Wii image	Installer • Installer 64/32bit	Installer
Chimera Linux	RR	2024.12.04.	Linux	Y	F	N	N	Y	Y	Y	---	Base Live • GNOME Live • ROOTFS full • ROOTFS bootstrap • KDE Live	Base Live • GNOME Live • ROOTFS full • ROOTFS bootstrap • KDE Live
Rocky Linux	9.5	2024.11.19.	Linux	Y	F	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	---	---	Boot • Minimal • DVD
AlmaLinux	9.5	2024.11.18.	Linux	Y	F	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	---	---	Boot • Minimal • DVD
Fedora	41	2024.10.29.	Linux	Y	F	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	---	---	Server • Server Netinstall • Cloud (qcow2)
AOSC OS	RR	2024.10.17.	Linux	Y	F	R	N	Y	Y	Y	BuildKit 2020.10.22.	BuildKit 2020.10.22.	LiveKit • Server • Desktop • Base • Container • BuildKit • Installer
Zephyr RTOS	dev	2024.10.11.	Zephyr	Y	F	N	Y	N	N	Y	Source	Source	Source
CirrOS	0.6.3	2024.09.26.	Linux	Y	F	N	N	Y	Y	Y	---	---	Disk • Initramfs • Kernel
Haiku	R1/Beta 5	2024.09.13.	BeOS	P	F	N	N	Y	N	N	Source	Source	---
Gentoo	RR	2024.08.29.	Linux	Y	F	O	N	Y	Y	Y	Minimal installation CD • Stage 3 musl hardened OpenRC • Stage 3 OpenRC • Stage 3 systemd • Stage 3 OpenRC T64 • Stage 3 systemd T64	Minimal installation CD • Stage 3 OpenRC musl hardened • Stage 3 OpenRC • Stage 3 systemd	Minimal installation CD • Stage 3 OpenRC Desktop POWER9 • Stage 3 systemd Desktop POWER9 • Stage 3 OpenRC musl hardened POWER9 • Stage 3 OpenRC POWER9 • Stage 3 systemd POWER9 • Stage 3 OpenRC musl hardened • Stage 3 OpenRC • Stage 3 systemd
OpenSUSE Tumbleweed	RR	2024.08.26.	Linux	Y	F	R	N	Y	Y	Y	---	DVD • NET	DVD • NET • MicroOS • Kubic
Circle Linux	9.3	2024.07.19.	Linux	Y	F	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	---	---	Boot • DVD
OpenSUSE Leap	15.6	2024.06.13.	Linux	Y	F	R	N	Y	Y	Y	---	---	NET • DVD
NetBSD	9.4	2024.04.23.	BSD	Y	F	N	N	Y	Y	Y	AmigaPPC • BeBox • EvBPPC • IBMNWS • MacPPC • MVMEPPC • OFPPC • PReP • RS/6000 • Sandpoint	MacPPC G5 (runs in 32-bit mode)	---
Bedrock Linux	0.7.30	2024.04.22.	Linux	Y	F	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Installer script	Installer script	Installer script
CellOS	4.91	2024.02.27.	BSD	Y	C	N	N	N	N	Y	---	PlayStation 3	---
CruxPPC	3.7	2024.02.19.	Linux	Y	F	N	N	Y	Y	Y	Installer • Rust package • FFmpeg package	Installer • Rust package • FFmpeg package	---
IBM AIX	7.3 TL2	2023.11.30.	UNIX	Y	C	N	N	Y	Y	N	---	Torrent (7.1) • Torrent (7.3)	---
Devuan	5.0.0	2023.08.14.	Linux	Y	F	N	N	Y	Y	Y	---	---	Mini
Fienix	6.0.2	2023.08.07.	Linux	Y	F	N	N	Y	Y	Y	Apple, CHRP-compliant	Apple, CHRP-compliant • AmigaOne X1000 / X5000 • AmigaOne X1000 / X5000 (no boot partition)	---
Trisquel	11	2023.03.19.	Linux	Y	F	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	---	---	Base
RTEMS	5.3	2023.02.10.	RTEMS	Y	F	N	Y	N	N	Y	Source	Source	---
GNU Guix	1.4.0	2022.12.19.	Linux	Y	F	N	N	Y	Y	Y	---	---	Binary
Linux From Scratch Non-IA	11.2	2022.09.07.	Linux	Y	F	O	N	Y	Y	Y	Source	Source	---
Glasnost	2022.05-1	2022.05.01.	Linux	Y	F	N	N	Y	Y	Y	---	chroot	chroot
Akaros	4th ed.	2022.02.24.	Plan 9	Y	F	N	N	Y	Y	N	Source	Source	---
RiscySlack	15.0	2022.02.14.	Linux	Y	F	N	N	Y	Y	Y	---	---	DVD
BonSlack	15.0	2022.02.06.	Linux	Y	F	N	N	Y	Y	Y	see HowTo	see HowTo	see HowTo
ALT Linux	10.0	2021.12.16.	Linux	Y	F	N	N	Y	Y	Y	---	---	RootFS minimal • RootFS SysVInit • RootFS systemd • RootFS systemd etcnet • Server • Server-V
CentOS	8.5	2021.11.16.	Linux	N	F	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	---	---	Boot • DVD
VoidLinux	RR	2021.08.25.	Linux	N	F	N	N	Y	Y	Y	Xfce • Live • musl Xfce • musl Live • ROOTFS • musl ROOTFS	Xfce • Live • musl Xfce • musl Live • ROOTFS • musl ROOTFS	Xfce • Live • musl Xfce • musl Live • ROOTFS • musl ROOTFS
KISS Linux	2021-05.01	2021.05.04.	Linux	N	F	N	N	Y	Y	Y	---	---	chroot 2021.05.01. • Source 2021.05.01.
Ataraxia GNU/Linux	20210503	2021.05.03.	Linux	N	F	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	---	Source 2021.05.03. • Installer 2020.11.01.	Source 2021.05.03. • Installer 2020.11.01.
Toddler-NG	dev	2021.05.03.	Toddler	Y	F	N	N	N	Y	N	Source	Source	---
MintPPC	19	2021.04.17.	Linux	Y	F	R	N	Y	Y	Y	Instructions • AmigaOne X5000 image (2020.11.18.)	Instructions	---
Parabola GNU/Linux-libre	RR	2021.04.15.	Linux	Y	F	O	N	Y	Y	Y	---	---	qcow2
Ferrox	4.87	2020.12.31.	BSD	Y	F	N	N	N	N	Y	---	PlayStation 3	---
MATE PowerPC Remix	0.9.1	2020.09.16.	Linux	?	F	R	N	Y	Y	Y	For AmigaOS4 capable machines	For AmigaOS4 capable machines	---
PowerEL	7	2020.06.22.	Linux	Y	F	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	---	POWER8	POWER8
REBUG	4.86.1	2020.04.01.	BSD	Y	F	N	N	N	N	Y	---	PlayStation 3 (REX 4.84.2) • PlayStation 3 (Lite) • PlayStation 3 (D-REX 4.84.2) • PlayStation 3 (DECR Lite 4.84.1)	---
Toddler	dev	2019.09.01.	Toddler	N	F	N	N	N	Y	N	Source	Source	---
BeRTOS	dev	2018.08.09.	BertOS	N	F	N	Y	N	N	Y	Source	Source	---
Finnix	111	2015.06.13.	Linux	P	F	N	N	Y	N	N	Generic	Generic	---
Inferno	4th ed.	2015.03.28.	Plan 9	?	F	N	N	Y	Y	N	Source	Source	---
Plan 9	4th ed.	2015.01.10.	Plan 9	?	F	N	N	Y	Y	N	Source	Source	---
OpenSUSE	13.2	2014.11.04.	Linux	N	F	R	N	Y	Y	Y	Netinst (13.1)	DVD • Netinst	DVD • Netinst
Cross Linux From Scratch	3.0.0	2014.10.18.	Linux	Y	F	O	N	Y	Y	Y	SysVInit • systemd	SysVInit • systemd	---
PureDarwin	dev	2014.05.24.	BSD	N	F	N	N	Y	Y	N	Source	Source	---
QNX	6.5.0 SP1	2014.05.16.	QNX	Y	C	N	Y	N	N	Y	Boards	Boards	---
L4Ka Pistachio	v4	2014.03.12.	L4	?	F	N	N	Y	Y	Y	Source	Source	---
NewOS	dev	2010.04.10.	NewOS	N	F	N	N	N	Y	N	Source (Macs only)	Source (Macs only)	---
Yellow Dog Linux	6.2	2009.06.28.	Linux	N	F	N	N	Y	Y	Y	Generic	Generic • PS3 (6.1)	---
K42	dev	2009.02.09.	K42	N	F	N	N	N	Y	Y	Source	Source	---
Apple Mac OS X	10.6.0	2008.11.12.	BSD	N	C	N	N	Y	N	N	Unreleased beta	Unreleased beta	---

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