Well, Matt, hatever the future of Macs might be, the fact of the matter is
that the quality of Apple hardware is reflected in its longevity, and this
makes the PowerPC platform one that is not going to go away anytime soon
(especially since most New World -- and even a lot of Old World -- PowerPC
Macs are still running strong).

Having said this, it would behoove any distro to develop for all the PowerPC
machines that have the foresight to develop for a platform that still has at
least -- at least -- a decade of life left. Ubuntu dropped the ball on this
by dropping PowerPC support, but not all distros have to be as myopic as
Ubuntu on this issue.

I have an interest in developing a PowerPC version of a completely free
distro, whether it's gNewSense or not, and if I'm the only one, then so be
it. But I'd be willing to bet I'm not the only one.

Larry Cafiero


On 6/15/07, Matthew Flaschen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Larry Cafiero wrote:

> I am a longtime Mac user dedicated to the hardware (because it is the
best,
> in my opinion), and I'm currently running Xubuntu 7.04 and 6.10 on
multiple
> iMacs and PowerMacintosh G3s at home.

You do know future Macs will be Intel, right?  That's part of the reason
for the lack of interest.

Matt Flaschen


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