[ale] Linux on PPC

[Beddingfield, Allen]

Ah, I wasn't aware the openSUSE PPC port was still going on.  I just found the net install ISO for it, and I think I will give that a go...
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Allen Beddingfield
Systems Engineer
The University of Alabama

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From: ale-bounces at ale.org [ale-bounces at ale.org] on behalf of James Taylor [James.Taylor at eastcobbgroup.com]
Sent: Friday, June 06, 2014 10:19 AM
To: ale at ale.org
Subject: Re: [ale] Linux on PPC

I installed an earlier version of opensuse on a mac mini g5 I have. Haven't used it in a while, but it ran great when I used it.
There is a ppc build for opensuse 13.1, with update sources.
The biggest problem I ran into with running on powerpc is not the linux, but proprietary stuff. Flash, for example. But then that could be a plus, too.
-jt



James Taylor
678-697-9420
james.taylor at eastcobbgroup.com



>>> "Beddingfield, Allen" <allen at ua.edu> 6/6/2014 9:50 AM >>>
So, are any of you doing any Linux on PowerPC?  Someone gave me an old 2Ghz PowerMac G5 (one of the big full tower aluminum ones that was about $3000+ back when it was new), with 3 GB of memory, and a 1TB hard drive.  It works great/has nothing wrong with it - not even a scratch on the exterior.  It looks like Debian or Yellowdog seem to be the main options for PPC these days...  this thing may be my weekend experiment :)
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Allen Beddingfield
Systems Engineer
The University of Alabama

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