At 19:18 -0500 5/10/11, Jerry Kemp wrote: >What happened to Yellow Dog Linux PPC? > >At least at some point in the past when Apple was still on PPC, that was >the Linux to run, if you needed to run it on Apple hw. > I think the OP's original problem was the fact that Adobe Flash and other byproducts of the World Wide Web were not being updated on Motorola/IBM/Apple Power PC hardware.
Linux with it's open-source concepts can't make changes to the proprietary code that is Flash. If Adobe doesn't compile it for Power PC there's really nothing the open-source world can do about it. In the Intel world there is considerable hesitation to support Flash but it is available and the likes of Firefox will link to it when it's installed by a user. You won't find Flash code in the distribution of a Linux OS, be it Yellow Dog, ubuntu, of others who subscribe to open-source philosophy. As for the future of Flash, check out the features of HTML5, especially its new <video> tag. There are open-source options like oog. -- --> From the U S of A, the only socialist country that refuses to admit it. <-- -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
