tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749559194818088720.post6419948113279014444..comments2024-02-20T06:53:10.484-08:00Comments on PPC Luddite: It's Christmas in October: New PPC Media Center, Plus Pianobar, TSclientX, and SetEXIFDATADanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04700474277267739107noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749559194818088720.post-63327843062335042042018-02-04T21:12:25.808-08:002018-02-04T21:12:25.808-08:00Yeah, amazingly gentoo used to be high end x86, no...Yeah, amazingly gentoo used to be high end x86, now has 68k support and Debian used to support ppc.crazy.baranahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06175896258606216409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749559194818088720.post-57402171477962433922016-12-22T13:27:53.693-08:002016-12-22T13:27:53.693-08:00Dan nailed it. At least you can file bugs with Gen...Dan nailed it. At least you can file bugs with Gentoo.rican-linuxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12272380772590347131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749559194818088720.post-3712915291573503352016-12-19T23:57:00.403-08:002016-12-19T23:57:00.403-08:00By Ports he means an unofficial port section of De...By Ports he means an unofficial port section of Debian's archives, which I think means powerpc binaries will still be available for download, but they'll have no support and good luck with any bug reporting :(Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04700474277267739107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749559194818088720.post-36717896792812834152016-12-19T16:24:18.221-08:002016-12-19T16:24:18.221-08:00You mean MacPorts? I thought it was for MacPorts. ...You mean MacPorts? I thought it was for MacPorts. Jamie Marchanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14681662698555565377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749559194818088720.post-22034158607167539732016-12-19T16:23:20.167-08:002016-12-19T16:23:20.167-08:00Thanks for sharing those. Thanks for sharing those. Jamie Marchanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14681662698555565377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749559194818088720.post-37252193647563046962016-11-01T11:18:47.285-07:002016-11-01T11:18:47.285-07:00There is talk about moving PowerPC to Ports. It st...There is talk about moving PowerPC to Ports. It still will be considered unsupported but it will be in the mirrors. rican-linuxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12272380772590347131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749559194818088720.post-73599058040781329022016-10-31T14:46:40.197-07:002016-10-31T14:46:40.197-07:00The question of whether powerpc remains an archite...<i>The question of whether powerpc remains an architecture in the main archive or moves to ports is one for FTP masters, not the release team.</i><br /><br />Maybe it'll still be usable in some fashion, but you're right. Linux developers seem to be just as interested in deprecating old computers as Apple and Microsoft are.Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04700474277267739107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749559194818088720.post-45780919850825492502016-10-31T07:23:20.498-07:002016-10-31T07:23:20.498-07:00Did you hear about how Debian is removing PowerPC ...Did you hear about how Debian is removing PowerPC support from Stretch? Definitely was a spooky Halloween surprise. This (plus them also removing i586 support) would make me suspicious of installing Debian on any 10+ year old computer in fear of them dropping support.<br /><br />Source: https://lists.debian.org/debian-release/2016/10/msg00633.htmlNathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01537419718095169064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749559194818088720.post-90426800952002678982016-10-10T23:22:00.287-07:002016-10-10T23:22:00.287-07:00PianoPPC runs really nice on my G5!PianoPPC runs really nice on my G5!rican-linuxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12272380772590347131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749559194818088720.post-47981745819040240062016-10-08T09:48:32.761-07:002016-10-08T09:48:32.761-07:00It's good to see they finally have a new versi...It's good to see they finally have a new version of RawTherapee for PPC, It's a shame that they're no longer back-porting Tor builds though.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09011845999814793165noreply@blogger.com