You have two options for Linux. First is OSMC (https://osmc.tv/download/). Downloading the Apple TV images to a USB drive and booting is the easiest path to get Linux on the Apple TV. It is the method I would recommend. However if you’re like me and you want a vanilla Linux distro, there is option 2,…
Linux on the 1st Generation Apple TV – Part 1
The original Apple TV released in 2007. By the time these went on sale, Apple computers were already in transition-mode to Intel processors. Although Apple’s mainstream lineup carried Intel’s then-new “Core” processors, the Apple TV was relegated to a lower cost, low-powered Pentium M chip (not to be confused with the terrible Pentium 4 Mobile…

