-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, 10 Jul 2008 12:37:25 -0500 "Jim Campbell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi all, > > I wanted to inquire about the state and plans of the PowerPC build of > Xubuntu (and PowerPC for other Ubuntu flavors). We've been getting a daily > error on the Xubuntu PPC Intrepid builds for some time [1], and I haven't > heard any talk on the matter recently, so I wanted to check with the group. > > From my perspective, there are a couple of factors involved. Of course, > Macs aren't currently being shipped with PowerPC processors, so anyone > trying to run X/K/Ubuntu on a Mac is going to be running older hardware. > The flip-side of that is those running older hardware would be most likely > to want to run Xubuntu (vs. Ubuntu or Kubuntu). Do we have anyone who is > working to maintain this port for Xubuntu? I don't think that we do. > > I'm a bit naive on this matter - there may be a team that's working on this > - I know that there's an ubuntu-powerpc IRC channel. Of course, the issue > may also just be something on the Ubuntu server end that is preventing the > builds from being generated correctly, making this a moot point. Does > anyone have any thoughts or insights on this? > > Jim > I wasn't aware that we were developing a version for the PPC. I have seen and responded to many questions about the versions available for them in the last month. It would be great to have a new version for the Powerpc. - -- Charlie Kravetz Linux Registered User Number 425914 [http://counter.li.org/] Never let anyone steal your DREAM. [http://keepingdreams.com] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFIdtCv535p7ZS+ALgRAhFJAJ9me2QOVOnAnSkucrUjTM1yJDn1AACgk85I dqdkUPXFUZCS0CASc8ZJfL0= =NP3N -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- xubuntu-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-devel
