HT201364 Can I upgrade my 2010 Power Mac G 5 that has OS 10.5.8, going through Snow Leopard and then to OS X Mavericks?

Can I upgrade my current Power Mac G 5 that has OS 10.5.8 from 2010 to the current OS X Mavericks if I first install OS Snow Leopard? My computer has 1.8 Ghz, 3 GB DDR SDRAM, 2 CPU with 512 KB L2 Cache (per CPU) and 500 GB Hard Drive, about half full.

No. A G5 can't be upgraded past 10.5.8.
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