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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">It's going to be mostly limited by how
fast you can type until you want, say, Xorg. That first kernel
compile might take a while.<br>
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On 6/7/14, 11:08 AM, Boris Borisov wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Never done Gentoo even on x86. How long will take
on 400 Mhz PPC you think ?<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Jun 7, 2014 at 10:22 AM, Jim
Kinney <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:jim.kinney@gmail.com" target="_blank">jim.kinney@gmail.com</a>></span>
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<p dir="ltr">You verbed a noun. Is that allowed?</p>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Jun 6, 2014 6:22 PM, "Jeff
Hubbs" <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:jhubbslist@att.net" target="_blank">jhubbslist@att.net</a>>
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<div>Not an issue with Gentoo. From <a
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target="_blank">http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-ppc.xml?full=1#book_part1</a>:<br>
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<td><b>Apple NewWorld Machines</b></td>
<td> Power/PowerPC microprocessors (G3,
G4, G5) such as iMac, eMac, iBook
PowerBook, Xserver, PowerMac </td>
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<td><b>Apple OldWorld machines</b></td>
<td> Apple Machines with an Open Firmware
revision less than 3, such as the Beige
G3s, PCI PowerMacs and PCI PowerBooks.
PCI-based Apple Clones should also be
supported. </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><b>Genesi</b></td>
<td> Pegasos I/II, Open Desktop
Workstation, Efika </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><b>IBM</b></td>
<td> RS/6000, iSeries, pSeries </td>
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<tr>
<td><b>Memory</b></td>
<td>At least 64 MB</td>
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<td><b>Diskspace</b></td>
<td>1.5 GB (excluding swap space)</td>
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<td><b>Swap space</b></td>
<td>At least 256 MB</td>
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It's really nice to be able to take a non-Intel
machine that'd be a boat anchor to most and make
it almost as useful as x86/x86_64 (within
reason, i.e. accelerated video). I've Gentooed
a couple of Suns in the past; solid as a rock.<br>
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On 6/6/14, 12:41 PM, Jim Kinney wrote:<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jun 6, 2014
at 12:04 PM, Michael H. Warfield <span
dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:mhw@wittsend.com"
target="_blank">mhw@wittsend.com</a>></span>
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<div>On Fri, 2014-06-06 at 11:36 -0400,
Michael H. Warfield wrote:<br>
> On Fri, 2014-06-06 at 13:50
+0000, Beddingfield, Allen wrote:<br>
> > So, are any of you doing any
Linux on PowerPC? Someone gave me an
old<br>
> > 2Ghz PowerMac G5 (one of the
big full tower aluminum ones that was<br>
> > about $3000+ back when it
was new), with 3 GB of memory, and a
1TB<br>
> > hard drive. It works
great/has nothing wrong with it - not
even a<br>
> > scratch on the exterior. It
looks like Debian or Yellowdog seem to
be<br>
> > the main options for PPC
these days... this thing may be my
weekend<br>
> > experiment :)<br>
<br>
> Wow... Weird how things just
synchronisticly come together...<br>
<br>
> No, I'm not actively working on
PPC now although I do have the
hardware<br>
> available to me. In fact, said
hardware may be a twin of your own.<br>
<br>
> Be that as it may. Fedora has
been released on PPC (32 and 64).<br>
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Ah, crap... Strike that...<br>
<br>
> <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/PowerPC/F20_PPC_release_announcement"
target="_blank">https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/PowerPC/F20_PPC_release_announcement</a><br>
<br>
Reading in more detail was this
unexpected gem (rhinestone)...<br>
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<div>yeah<br>
<br>
" Apple MacPPC systems are not
supported, have not been tested, and are
not expected to work."<br>
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<div>Very geared toward new IBM Power
systems.<br>
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--<br>
Supported Hardware<br>
<br>
IBM POWER servers are the only
systems fully supported by Fedora
for<br>
Power at this time.<br>
<br>
Apple MacPPC systems are not
supported, have not been tested, and
are<br>
not expected to work.<br>
--<br>
<br>
Damn... Guess that G5 sits a while
longer...<br>
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> The coincidence is that I'm
fielding some bugzilla reports on
LXC at the<br>
> moment and one of them is a
failure to install lxc-templates on
a ppc64<br>
> arch due to a dependency on
busybox (which is required). Seems
that<br>
> someone forgot to build busybox
for F20 ppc even though it's present
in<br>
> F19 ppc. Still looking for who
to lay hands on for that oversight.<br>
><br>
> > --<br>
> > Allen Beddingfield<br>
> > Systems Engineer<br>
> > The University of Alabama<br>
><br>
> Regards,<br>
> Mike<br>
<br>
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