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I am trying to install Ubuntu 20.04 in IBM Power Server 710 but I don't know how to. This question says "Try it out", but the regular 64 bit ISO for amd64 won't work here, and I don't know how to "try it" in PowerPC.

I am looking for an answer containing step by step instructions of how to install Ubuntu Desktop in a ppc64el system (or Ubuntu Server, if a desktop version is not available for this architecture).

This does not address PowerPC.

Archisman Panigrahi
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According to the IBM Tech sheet, the IBM Power 710 Express Server uses POWER7+ CPU's.

However, according to both Debian docs and Wikipedia (I'm sure there are other reputable sources as well), the ppc64le architecture is only supported on POWER8 CPU's and later.

This means that Ubuntu (and also Debian) is only supported on systems with at least POWER8 CPU's.

Artur Meinild
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