On Thursday 17 August 2006 10:23, Peter Czanik wrote: [...]
Also, I am still trying to get the "Old World" mac support returned. Do you have any older Macs or know anything about the problems involved? I've offered to help test, but I'm not a programmer, so I can't just go in and fix something.
My only PPC machine is this a Pegasos2 based computer. It has Altivec, which is auto detected by most build scripts and I could not find an easy way to turn it off, as I'm also not a programmer. This means, that some of the packages I compile might not run on G3 Macs. Bye, CzP ===========
Peter, since you mention only having the Pegasos2 computer available to you, it brought up some interesting thoughts about PPC. Now Gensis is planing a dual G5 unit, but it's past due already. Apple has pretty much discontinued using the PPC, so where does all that put SuSE's PPC Linux? I too have signed up for Gensis' developer program and developer machine, but I'm not sure what condition Gensis is in at the moment and if the Pegasos will be discontinued also. One has to wonder what was SuSE's thoughts bringing back the PPC consumer Linux when in fact they knew Apple was going to the Intel cpu. There must have been something behind their decision to do that? Are we going to have more PPC pieces of hardware to choose from soon? Is there going to be another maker come into the picture? Maybe it's just a prelude to the CELL processor? I can understand why SuSE/Novell doesn't put a lot of time into the PPC build, but will it survive with a lack of hardware to run on? I hope so and I do hope someone starts building more PPC powered computers. Pegasos is questionable at the moment, but I hope it survives. With it's open firmware bios and modular setup, it's certainly good designed hardware, but PPC needs more and more users/buyers. I still think the PPC is a far superior cpu compared to the ix86 type, but I'm only one person. I don't think PPC Linux will get continued development, if only a few users want it. So, I have to wonder, why the re-introduction of SUSE PPC Linux at this particular time? Oh, I'm not complaining! It just raises some questions. regards, Lee