28 Mar
2015
28 Mar
'15
12:15 p.m.
From: slavek.banko(a)axis.cz
To: trinity-users(a)lists.pearsoncomputing.net
Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2015 01:40:02 +0100
Subject: Re: [trinity-users] PowerPC
On Friday 27 of March 2015 23:53:44 Larry Stotler wrote:
Hi,
I bought about 2 years ago an used and inexpensive imac g3 400mhz (the ones with a crt and
a colored translucent back), and it works quite well with Debian or Ubuntu for PowerPC,
but I had a hard time to configure X.org to get a graphical desktop environment. Once
set-up, I only had kind-of frame buffer graphic driver, but the rest of the computer is
well supported. The hard disk is half dead, and I don't have much time anymore to play
with it...
-Alexandre
On Fri, Mar 27, 2015 at 6:29 PM, Tini
<trin(a)telekon.org> wrote:
As I mentioned earlier - PowerPC builds are available on alternative apt
source 'preliminary-stable-builds'. Because I do not have a real PowerPC
hardware (such as PowerMac), I could not perform a real test.
--
Slávek
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If I understand you correctly, how hard is it to
get a Mac to run TDE?
I know they're both based on Unix.
Any new world PowerMac(iMac and newer and Powerbook G3 Lombard and
newer) can run Linux or NetBSD easily. You just need a PowerPC
specific port. Debian's is very good. Fedora had a recent PowerMac
port as well. I've run Linux on Old World macs as well like the
PowerMac 9600 but they are not really viable machines any more. G4s &
newer are very usable tho.
Running TDE requires it be recompiled and tested on Mac PowerPC hardware.
Any intel Mac can use the x86/x64 ports so there isn't anything extra
needed.
I have been hoping to have time to test it on my iBook Clamshell but
haven't had time......