Very cool! I wish my PS3 still had Linux running on it :(
On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 1:08 PM, Andrew Low <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Tuesday, September 3, 2013 4:00:13 PM UTC-4, ryandesign wrote: >> >> >> On Sep 3, 2013, at 14:53, Andrew Low wrote: >> >> > If you're G4 Powerbook is running Linux - I think you _are_ the target >> market :) >> > >> > If your question was about getting a version running under OSX (on >> PowerPC) that may require a bunch of code changes. If you want to try, >> you're certainly welcome to go for it. >> >> What "bunch of code changes" are you thinking of? node and v8 already >> compile fine on OS X on Intel. >> > > I probably wasn't clear. *OSX on PowerPC* will need changes. OSX on Intel > is of course an existing and well supported platform. > > >> One roadblock I see is that PowerPC Macs can't run Mac OS X 10.6 or >> later, and last I checked node did not compile on 10.5 or earlier. So >> someone wanting node to run on a PowerPC Mac could begin by figuring out >> why node doesn't compile on 10.5 on Intel and fixing that. It used to work >> a year or more ago but broke at some point. >> > > Good point. Not only will you encounter compile issues because the V8 PPC > code is targeted at Linux (on Power), you'll likely have additional woes > getting the Node.js code itself to compile. > > Personally I like old hardware and like to see it kept as current as > software will permit - however, to return to the origin of this thread - it > is now possible to run Node.js on PowerLinux. If you've got PowerPC > hardware that's running Linux, there is a good chance you can get Node.js > going now. > > -- > -- > Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ > Posting guidelines: > https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "nodejs" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "nodejs" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- -- Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ Posting guidelines: https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
