PPC Distro

[Xerino]

would there happen to be a distro for PPC based, Im wanting to give this a shot, but I want to put it on my PS3

[Budious]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_for_PlayStation_3

There seems to be a wikipedia article for everything now. More than I could have said there. ;)

[Xenomorph]

would there happen to be a distro for PPC based, Im wanting to give this a shot, but I want to put it on my PS3

PPC?

As in PowerPC? Am I reading this thread right? You want a PowerPC build for your PS3?

The 360 and Wii are PPC based, not the PS3.

[ToneKnee]

PPC?

As in PowerPC? Am I reading this thread right? You want a PowerPC build for your PS3?

The 360 and Wii are PPC based, not the PS3.

The Cell processors are PPC based.

[Xenomorph]

The Cell processors are PPC based.

That's pretty neat then that all current systems are PPC based.

[Alexandre.]

Thats why its sooo easy to get OS X up and running on the PS3 and the 360 :)

[ToneKnee]

Thats why its sooo easy to get OS X up and running on the PS3 and the 360 :)

360? Hmm.. I suppose we are talking about the PPC versions of OSX before Apple switched to the x86 architect, right? If not, then your post is kinda misleading. But if so, then, erm, cool? Haha.

[Stetson]

Even the latest version of OS X is still PPC compatible, although the new computers are x86.

[Southern Patriot]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_for_PlayStation_3

There seems to be a wikipedia article for everything now. More than I could have said there. ;)

I'm sure the original poster already knew about that, but he was asking specifically if there was going to be a PPC version of Shift Linux, a question that no one has yet answered in this thread. I'd like to know too!

[hopp58902 Member]

There is no PPC version of Shift. PPC and Cell processors are still everywhere, and not only Apple used PPC. Shift would be great and would work fine on PPC, and the reason there is no Shift for the PPC architecture is simple: We don't have PPC hardware to build it on. Sure, we can grab PPC packages, but we can't install them onto Shift, so we can't put it together. If we had PPC hardware, putting it together wouldn't be hard.

[LTSmash]

There is no PPC version of Shift. PPC and Cell processors are still everywhere, and not only Apple used PPC. Shift would be great and would work fine on PPC, and the reason there is no Shift for the PPC architecture is simple: We don't have PPC hardware to build it on. Sure, we can grab PPC packages, but we can't install them onto Shift, so we can't put it together. If we had PPC hardware, putting it together wouldn't be hard.

hmm... since the proyect is now shitching to Arch, perhaps we could use the PPC port as a base too? But then again, we would need some volunteers to check that it works...

[Southern Patriot]

hmm... since the proyect is now shitching to Arch, perhaps we could use the PPC port as a base too? But then again, we would need some volunteers to check that it works...

I'd certainly be willing to test it on my PS3. It's currently running YellowDog 6.1.

[LTSmash]

I'd certainly be willing to test it on my PS3. It's currently running YellowDog 6.1.

Then again we would need some Hardware to work with

[hopp58902 Member]

Yes, even to chroot into Arch to install precomiled packages...hey wait, Arch isn't officially even PPC :p ... in any case, we need PPC hardware to develop of PPC. I've got none.