On Thu, Aug 24, 2006 at 09:55:11AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Sven, > > If there are few powerpc porters left, what is the future of PPC on > debian, especially for non-mac ppc? Should I even be considering a > switch from comodity-x86 arch to RS/6000 when I personally am not a > kernel hacker (I only do python and fortran)? I'll never be paying for > a commercial linux (e.g. RHES or SuSE) to run the RS/6000; if I could > afford that I would probably just buy AIX. I'm looking at the RS/6000 > because of its inherent reliability as opposed to x86 reliability based > on cheap replacement when it breaks. > > What is your wisdom on moving from x86 to RS/6000?
Well, it depends on the RS/6000 you are considering, myself i have an interest in more recent IBM hardware, so that will mostly be supported in the near term. On the other hand, there is a good kernel (not debian) powerpc community which should care about those needs of yours, but the official d-i status is pretty much a mess, but more bug reports from people like you can only help. Bastian Blank also is making good work on powerpc kernels at the moment, and there is a new effort going on for the oldworld machines. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
