Larry Cafiero wrote: > Hi, all -- > > Just wondering (and maybe this is a question for Karl Goetz, if he's on > this list): I
Hi there :) sorry about the lag, my pc is overheating +crashing out atm :/ > visited http://wiki.gnewsense.org/Projects/PowerpcPortStatus and was > wondering if there has been any progress (or if there is any intention > to continue at all) with a PowerPC version of gNewSense. all the work i did can be summarised at http://users.on.net/~goetz/gnewsense/powerpc status: it builds using a PPC as buildd, but i didnt have time to get a multiarch builder [1]. > > Also, in broader terms, I am wondering if there is even an interest in > developing gNewSense for PowerPC machines. I'm for it > > I have just started taking programming courses -- I'm a journalist by > profession who someday hopes to program (and hack, in the true, > Stallman-esque sense of the word) -- so I'd be willing to do whatever I > can to help with PowerPC development, with the caveat that I currently > lack experience (but am also a fast learner). Along with being a FOSS > evangelist, 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. > welcome in, hope you enjoy your stay :) kk > [Also, on another note, I just "liberated" a Dell Optiplex desktop from > work, on which I plan to install gNewSense over the weekend.] > > Larry Cafiero > Editor/Publisher > Open Source Reporter > http://www.opensourcereporter.net > (also, "Larry the Open Source Guy" -- > http://larrytheopensourceguy.wordpress.com) > > [1] i suspect multiarch will basicly require a rewrite -- Karl Goetz User of gNewSense: Free as in Freedom - http://www.gnewsense.org Australian Ubuntu users team - http://wiki.ubuntu.com/AustralianTeam User of Debian, The Universal Operating System - http://www.debian.org
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