This old iMac was a full PC with a nice display that can run a firewire recording interface. That was wrong, but it was in perfect condition with 4GB of ram. The individual had no idea, but it was running Leopard so we speculated it was a match. I stumbled across a 24' iMac listed for cheap on Kijiji. I was searching for some replacement hardware as my G5 iMac seemed to be toast. Primary message is just a big 'Thank you!' Thanks for the inspiration. The Deepin 15.11 ISO etched to a USB worked first time like a dream. I then searched for Deepin 15.11 and was able to locate it on distrowatch very quickly. It was never recognizable to the Mac during start-up. I tried freshly re-etching, attempted the process again and I did this 3 separate times. I could not get the most recent distro(20.2.4) to be reconginzed after etching to USB.

If things go well I might test a higher version Deepin distro. If that isn't feasible I am still very satisfied with the performance or should I say the ability to even preform at all that Deepin has given the computer and if this is where it sits, this is where it will sit. I had intended to take the computer up to it's native end of life MacOS, keep the native MacOS and give it dual boot ability for Deepin 15.11, if at all possible.

So this is pretty new territory for me and it it's very exciting!! Which is why I had no idea even though it was self explanatory that I was writing over the 'whole drive'. This is my first real dive into a Linux project and I thank you for your time and patience. Would the computer still respond to start up key commands? Would it be possible for me to use the install disc(I am only using etched ISOs on USB sticks in these scenarios but for this purpose they function exactly the same as the optical media that I don't physically possess) that came with the Mac to now reinstall MacOS 10.5 back and fully over Deepin 15.11(would that be whole hard drive?) and then install MacOS 10.6(taking the 10.6.8 combo OTA) and at that point set the Mac up to dual boot this distro of Linux? I appreciate your response and have a few more questions.

Nomachine server mac os x 10.6.8