Subject: Re: Book club or porting
From: Jim Cole (greyleaf@yggdrasill.net)
Date: Fri Mar 03 2000 - 11:41:52 MST
Hmmm? I don't disagree with you on the spoiled part ;) Been using Linux
since the days when even building and installing "ported" software often
required a couple hours of tweaking and coercing. But the package in question
is proprietary and can't just be built from a tar ball. Clones developed by
others in the community are the only real option. And I think the general
question was simply one of whether people are going to be actively working
to increase the number of tools available for PPC Linux users. The answer
to that, IMHO, is a definitive yes.
Jim
Stew Benedict's bits of Fri, 3 Mar 2000 translated to:
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>You guys that have come after RPM's are spoiled. Grab the source, compile
>and install. Hit a snag? Try to work it out, write the author, or ask on
>the mail lists and/or news groups. If you get it working, learn how to
>create an RPM and make a contribution to the community, upload it to a
>contrib site. 9say imaclinux for instance ;^).
>
>Stew Benedict
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>On Thu, 2 Mar 2000, Jeff Tillwick wrote:
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>> on 3/2/2000 12:24 AM, Jim Cole at greyleaf@yggdrasill.net wrote:
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>> > Jeff Tillwick's bits of Wed, 1 Mar 2000 translated to:
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>> >> Plus, i wondered if you guys or if anyone else out there is gonna spend the
>> >> time to officially port x86 linux programs to PPC?
>> >
>> > It really depends on what programs you are referring to. Many have already
>> > been officially ported and are included in the distributions. Many others
>> > compile and run just fine without any porting. I am certain that just about
>> > anything that doesn't fall into one of those categories will eventually be
>> > ported if people have a need for it.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> how about a PPC Linux hotline client like GHX3
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