Re: Porting ppc Linux to Xbox 360?

2005-07-15 Thread Sven Luther
On Sun, Jun 19, 2005 at 01:02:31AM +0200, Wolfgang Pfeiffer wrote: Hi all Powerpc on Mac is gone. I'm looking for another ppc computer for the day when the Titanium IV that I have currently will be gone down the river. Yep, This means Genesi is the sole powerpc desktop vendor left, so the

Re: Porting ppc Linux to Xbox 360?

2005-07-15 Thread Sven Luther
On Sun, Jun 19, 2005 at 01:10:30PM +0200, Pascal Chenevas-Paule wrote: if you search a PowerPc Computer, I found Amigaone sealers. http://www.eyetech.co.uk/ http://www.amont-info.com/ Bah, they have buggy northbridges (see benh's post here some time ago about this), and their northbridge

Re: Porting ppc Linux to Xbox 360?

2005-07-02 Thread Alex Fernandez
On 7/1/05, Lee Braiden [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Friday 01 Jul 2005 10:56, Paul TT wrote: right. and if new xbox will be like it seems it will, be (good hardware-cheap $), and linux will run on it, then that does in addition please the consumer :- Only in the short term. It never

Re: Porting ppc Linux to Xbox 360?

2005-07-01 Thread Paul TT
On Sun, 19 Jun 2005 09:41:19 +1000 Erik de Castro Lopo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Lee Braiden wrote: I for one hope this never happens. Every X-Box bought is another sale for Microsoft. That sale will not only help them to dominate the software market, but the hardware and

Re: Porting ppc Linux to Xbox 360?

2005-07-01 Thread Lee Braiden
On Friday 01 Jul 2005 10:56, Paul TT wrote: right. and if new xbox will be like it seems it will, be (good hardware-cheap $), and linux will run on it, then that does in addition please the consumer :- Only in the short term. It never benefits society to deal with people who disrespect

Re: Porting ppc Linux to Xbox 360?

2005-06-19 Thread Wolfgang Pfeiffer
On Sun, Jun 19, 2005 at 12:23:42AM +0100, Lee Braiden wrote: On Sunday 19 Jun 2005 00:02, Wolfgang Pfeiffer wrote: Are there chances that those maintaining today's ppc branch of the Linux kernel, and the rest of the ppc linux system, might want to turn Xbox 360 to a full fledged PPC Linux

Re: Porting ppc Linux to Xbox 360?

2005-06-19 Thread David Pye
On Sunday 19 June 2005 11:24, Wolfgang Pfeiffer wrote: I'm not boycotting Microsoft. I never did. Boycotts, if my memory serves me well, were something that the German Nazis were practising when they were trying to get Jews out of business, before they killed them ( Deutsche, kauft nicht beim

Re: Porting ppc Linux to Xbox 360?

2005-06-19 Thread Wolfgang Pfeiffer
On Sun, Jun 19, 2005 at 11:37:31AM +0100, David Pye wrote: On Sunday 19 June 2005 11:24, Wolfgang Pfeiffer wrote: I'm not boycotting Microsoft. I never did. Boycotts, if my memory serves me well, were something that the German Nazis were practising when they were trying to get Jews out of

Re: Porting ppc Linux to Xbox 360?

2005-06-19 Thread Pascal Chenevas-Paule
Wolfgang Pfeiffer wrote: Hi all Powerpc on Mac is gone. I'm looking for another ppc computer for the day when the Titanium IV that I have currently will be gone down the river. I learned that Xbox 360, which will be available this holiday season in Europe, Japan, and North America

Re: Porting ppc Linux to Xbox 360?

2005-06-19 Thread Leandro GuimarĂ£es Faria Corcete Dutra
Em Sun, 19 Jun 2005 00:54:57 +0100, Lee Braiden escreveu: sticking with PPC, there are custom PPC boards I never found one I'd buy to use as a PC. They are usually outrageously expensive unless bought in quantitities, and (or) severily limited in performance and functionality. Apple

Re: Porting ppc Linux to Xbox 360?

2005-06-19 Thread Brady Jarvis
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Wolfgang Pfeiffer wrote: I'm not boycotting Microsoft. I never did. Boycotts, if my memory serves me well, were something that the German Nazis were practising when they were trying to get Jews out of business, before they killed them ( Deutsche,

Re: Porting ppc Linux to Xbox 360?

2005-06-19 Thread Lee Braiden
On Sunday 19 Jun 2005 14:09, Leandro Guimares Faria Corcete Dutra wrote: Apple clone manufacturers I thought they were all long dead... URLs? Never mind; I figured some of these were still going, since they supported PPC before, and new ATX-based PPC boards would presumably just make

Re: Porting ppc Linux to Xbox 360?

2005-06-19 Thread Wolfgang Pfeiffer
On Sun, Jun 19, 2005 at 10:19:34AM -0400, Brady Jarvis wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Wolfgang Pfeiffer wrote: I'm not boycotting Microsoft. I never did. Boycotts, if my memory serves me well, were something that the German Nazis were practising when they were

Porting ppc Linux to Xbox 360?

2005-06-18 Thread Wolfgang Pfeiffer
Hi all Powerpc on Mac is gone. I'm looking for another ppc computer for the day when the Titanium IV that I have currently will be gone down the river. I learned that Xbox 360, which will be available this holiday season in Europe, Japan, and North America

Re: Porting ppc Linux to Xbox 360?

2005-06-18 Thread Lee Braiden
On Sunday 19 Jun 2005 00:02, Wolfgang Pfeiffer wrote: Are there chances that those maintaining today's ppc branch of the Linux kernel, and the rest of the ppc linux system, might want to turn Xbox 360 to a full fledged PPC Linux computer? Anyone out there with the necessary knowledge being

Re: Porting ppc Linux to Xbox 360?

2005-06-18 Thread Wouter van Heyst
On Sun, Jun 19, 2005 at 12:23:42AM +0100, Lee Braiden wrote: On Sunday 19 Jun 2005 00:02, Wolfgang Pfeiffer wrote: Are there chances that those maintaining today's ppc branch of the Linux kernel, and the rest of the ppc linux system, might want to turn Xbox 360 to a full fledged PPC Linux

Re: Porting ppc Linux to Xbox 360?

2005-06-18 Thread Erik de Castro Lopo
Lee Braiden wrote: I for one hope this never happens. Every X-Box bought is another sale for Microsoft. That sale will not only help them to dominate the software market, but the hardware and entertainment markets too. With the current Xbox, m$ takes a loss on every machine sold and makes

Re: Porting ppc Linux to Xbox 360?

2005-06-18 Thread Lee Braiden
On Sunday 19 Jun 2005 00:41, Erik de Castro Lopo wrote: With the current Xbox, m$ takes a loss on every machine sold and makes it up in games sales. If people buy an xbox and only run Linux on it, then that does hurt m$. Nope. Why do you think they are in a market they are losing money in?

Re: Porting ppc Linux to Xbox 360?

2005-06-18 Thread Lee Braiden
On Sunday 19 Jun 2005 00:31, Wouter van Heyst wrote: On Sun, Jun 19, 2005 at 12:23:42AM +0100, Lee Braiden wrote: What then do you suggest we do? PS3? POWER workstations? Well, we can say that a certain course of action is unwise without already having the alternatives worked out. Often,