[ot] Re: [gNewSense-users] ppc version

[Karl Goetz]

Christian Mauduit wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Karl Goetz a écrit :
>   
> > Mariot Chauvin wrote:
> >     
> > > Does a ppc version of gNewSense based on ppc ubuntu dapper version is
> > > planned ?
> > >       
> [...]
>   
> > If someone has time + resources to build one.
> >     
> I confirm gNewSense-ppc does interest some people. However I perfectly
> understand you don't have (yet) the ressources to build it. FYI I do
> have ppc hardware at home (my laptop) but I doubt its 30GB hard drive
> (23GB usable for files after creating swap and losing space for ext3
> stuff) will be enough for serious distro building. *sigh*
> But I've seen brand-new under 600€ mac-minis lately, might be an option.
>   
My ppc comp. is much the same.
> And to jump on another subject, I think I'll try and make live-CDs with
> the free software games I develop, and find a way to make them
> downloadable, so that end-users can try them out (the games) without
> having to install a full GNU/inux distribution on disk. Most (if not
> all) gamers use proprietary systems, and I'd better offer them the
> possibility to run a GNU/Linux system (and the game!) without breaking
> anything on their computer rather than wasting my time in endless
> efforts to port the game to a platform which is not very... GNUish 8-)
>   
Remember direct rendering wont work on any newer cards.
kk
> You'd say I could have done this with any other distro. That's true. But
> doing it with a 100,00% free distribution gives it that little touch
> that might decide me to do it for good. Also, a side effect of the
> distro being light is that there's room to add custom packages to it.
>
> Good luck with your project.
>
> Christian.
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