[ale] Transition from OS X to Ubuntu complete...but....Flash?

[Tim Youngblood]

I did not realize that you were on PPC. I too run a neglected platform
called AMD64! :)

Why don't you give it a try and see how you like it? I can't hep ya if ya
don't hep yaself.

On 7/31/07, Daniel Kahn Gillmor <dkg at fifthhorseman.net> wrote:
>
> On Tue 2007-07-31 06:50:26 -0400, Tim Youngblood wrote:
>
> > If you used Automatix you would know that is not true.  Seriously
> > folks: http://www.getautomatix.com/
>
> Tim, i'm not sure i understand you.  It doesn't even look like
> automatix supports any flavor of Linux on the PowerPC architecture:
>
>
> http://www.getautomatix.com/wiki/index.php?title=FAQ#How_long_will_Automatix2_support_a_version_of_a_distribution.3F
>
> quoting:
>
> How long will Automatix2 support a version of a distribution?
>
> Full Support means we will add new features, fix bugs, update current
> features, and update the resin core.  Limited Support is the same as
> Full Support with the exception that no new features will be added.
>
> * Ubuntu 6.06 i386 and AMD64 (Dapper): Full support until June 1,
>    2007; Limited support until June 1, 2008
>
> * Ubuntu 6.10 i386 and AMD64 (Edgy): Full support until October 31,
>    2007; Limited support until April 1, 2008
>
> * Ubuntu 7.04 i386 and AMD64 (Feisty): Full support until April 31,
>    2008; Limited support until October 31, 2008
>
> * Mepis 6.0/6.5 i386: Full support until June 1, 2007; Limited
>    support until June 1, 2008
>
> * Debian 4.0 i386 (Etch): Full support until the current version of
>    Debian Testing (Lenny) goes stable.
>
>
> So, can you explain what you mean?  i'd love to get this figured out,
> because trying to run non-free software (which is mostly built for
> x86) on PPC is quite frustrating in general.  If you've got a
> solution, i'd really like to hear about how it works.
>
>     --dkg
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