On Thursday, February 28, 2019, 1:03:39 PM, Andreas Schwab wrote:
On Feb 28 2019, Larry Finger Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net wrote:
My PowerBook G5 is a 32-bit processor.
The G5 is a 64-bit processor (it's a Power4 descendant). Andreas.
Apple PowerPC-based laptops (Powerbooks and iBooks) started out with G3 processors, and ended with G4 processors. All were 32-bit and none shipped with G5 processors.
http://everymac.com is a good resource to identify the exact model and specifications, given the machine serial number.
https://forums.macrumors.com/forums/powerpc-macs.145/ is a reasonably active discussion forum for all PowerPC based Macs.
Debian (PPC ports), Adélie and Void have ppc32 distributions. Al