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    From Marco Moock@21:1/5 to All on Sat Oct 1 08:36:36 2022
    Hello,

    just for interest - I don't have such a CPU and I don't plan to buy one.
    Is there a current Linux distribution that supports the old PowerPC architecture (not ppc64)?

    --
    kind regards
    Marco

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  • From Anton Ertl@21:1/5 to Marco Moock on Sat Oct 1 08:01:48 2022
    Marco Moock <mo01@posteo.de> writes:
    Hello,

    just for interest - I don't have such a CPU and I don't plan to buy one.
    Is there a current Linux distribution that supports the old PowerPC >architecture (not ppc64)?

    You mean 32-bit PowerPC (powerpc), not 64-bit PowerPC (ppc64), and not little-endian 64-bit PowerPC (ppc64el), right.

    It's always goot to look at Debian for such things. <https://www.debian.org/ports/powerpc/> says:

    |The last supported release for 32-bit PowerPC is Debian 8 ("jessie").

    Interestingly this page does not mention (big-endian) ppc64 at all,
    but there used to be a ppc64 port and there still seems to be ongoing
    work on ppc64 <https://wiki.debian.org/PPC64>. Debian apparently also
    still performs buildd-testing for ppc for Debian unstable: <https://buildd.debian.org/status/architecture.php?a=powerpc&suite=sid>

    - anton
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    M. Anton Ertl Some things have to be seen to be believed anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at Most things have to be believed to be seen http://www.complang.tuwien.ac.at/anton/home.html

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  • From Anton Ertl@21:1/5 to Anton Ertl on Sat Oct 1 08:32:22 2022
    anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) writes:
    Marco Moock <mo01@posteo.de> writes:
    Hello,

    just for interest - I don't have such a CPU and I don't plan to buy one.
    Is there a current Linux distribution that supports the old PowerPC >>architecture (not ppc64)?

    You mean 32-bit PowerPC (powerpc), not 64-bit PowerPC (ppc64), and not >little-endian 64-bit PowerPC (ppc64el), right.

    It's always goot to look at Debian for such things. ><https://www.debian.org/ports/powerpc/> says:

    Following from there to <https://www.penguinppc.org/>, I see a link to
    a Debian 11 (i.e., current Debian stable) CD image. So even though
    it's not supported, it appears to be there.

    - anton
    --
    M. Anton Ertl Some things have to be seen to be believed anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at Most things have to be believed to be seen http://www.complang.tuwien.ac.at/anton/home.html

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  • From Marco Moock@21:1/5 to All on Sat Oct 1 11:15:19 2022
    Am 01.10.2022 um 08:01:48 Uhr schrieb Anton Ertl:

    You mean 32-bit PowerPC (powerpc), not 64-bit PowerPC (ppc64), and not little-endian 64-bit PowerPC (ppc64el), right.

    Yes, powerpc, used in older IBM systems and Macs.

    It's always goot to look at Debian for such things. <https://www.debian.org/ports/powerpc/> says:

    |The last supported release for 32-bit PowerPC is Debian 8 ("jessie").

    EoL

    Interestingly this page does not mention (big-endian) ppc64 at all,
    but there used to be a ppc64 port and there still seems to be ongoing
    work on ppc64 <https://wiki.debian.org/PPC64>. Debian apparently also
    still performs buildd-testing for ppc for Debian unstable: <https://buildd.debian.org/status/architecture.php?a=powerpc&suite=sid>

    It seems that only a few packages are available for it, others are not: https://packages.debian.org/sid/vim

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