An Apple MacPro box, even old one, makes a nice home server. It has 4 SATA bays + 2 onboard SATA ports, ECC memory, looks much better than any enterprise ECC-capable server box, and can be found pretty cheap.
Ubuntu 14 free download - Ubuntu (32-bit), Ubuntu (64-bit), Sound Forge Pro 14, and many more programs. The combined install/live DVD allows you either to install Ubuntu permanently on a computer, or (by entering 'live' at the boot prompt) to try Ubuntu without changing your computer at all. There are two images available, each for a different type of computer: PC (Intel x86) install/live DVD For almost all PCs. Finally after a lot of work Mac OS X (Macbuntu Yosemite) transformation pack is ready for Ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn/14.04 Trusty Tahr. We could make everything automated but in this way you guys won't get how things done in Linux, so we kept everything semi-automatic and interactive.
UPDATE – how to make a Ubuntu 18.04.1 live USB for MacPro 1,1
Why boot in EFI mode? Up to Ubuntu 14.04 there were +mac disc images that had let you boot in BIOS compatibility mode and worked just fine, except for one issue: 2 extra SATA ports on motherboard were disabled in non-EFI boot mode, precluding their use, e.g. as a system boot drive. I wanted to boot from a 16GB M.2 SSD in a PCIe to M.2 adapter, so I found a way to boot in EFI.
What are the problems? If you’re reading this, you most likely have encountered some of them:
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Note that MacPro 1,1 boxes, while being 64-bit, have an added challenge of EFI32 boot system. While it’s possible to run 32-bit Linux in PAE mode, it’s uncool and, surprisingly, makes MacPro consume more energy, according to my Kill-o-watt.
So here is the deal:
Prepare Boot Media
Select a Boot Device
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You’re done! What next? How about making it sleep and wake up on access attempt, to avoid paying big bucks for its electricity when idle?
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