Linux on PowerPC Ain't Dead Yet!
Added 2024-12-28 04:21:56 +0000 UTCToday we're installing the NEW Adelie Linux Beta 6 for PowerPC on a bunch of old Macs!
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TIL that Mate is pronounced "Ma-Tay" which make SOOOOOOoooooo much more sense than how I was saying it.
Joel Crane
2024-12-28 17:34:56 +0000 UTCIt's the Year of PPC Linux!
Jack Beckman
2024-12-28 12:36:01 +0000 UTCThe year is 2500, we learn PPC computers had souls and that Sean was actually the master of PPC hell.
Rob Jobin
2024-12-28 11:29:39 +0000 UTCI have not run them on ppc in decades so I can't speak to the actual experience, but FreeBSD and OpenBSD (and, of course, NetBSD) still support powerpc/powerpc64 in current releases. Most of the Linux world has given up ppc, but the BSDs haven't yet!
Ross Nelson
2024-12-28 05:32:21 +0000 UTC
