Is Ubuntu giving up on the PPC platform?

[Eric Dunbar]

On 2/11/06, Brian Durant <RoadTripDK at myrealbox.com> wrote:
> I have seen a number of postings about resources for PowerPC users
> that have been pulled, there is no PPC Ubuntu list and it seems
> almost impossible to find any PPC Ubuntu/Kubuntu users on this list.

I imagine PPC Linux will continue for many years to come.
YellowDogLinux is dedicated to PPC-only and Mac (most PPC users ;-)
owners tend to keep their computer for decades longer than Windows/x86
clone owners.

> I can see that development of Dapper is continuing apace, but as long
> as there isn't a resolution for the thermal and fan control issues
> for G5 single towers (like mine), iMac G5 and G5 tower multi-
> processor systems, I am starting to wonder if the PPC platform is
> still considered viable for Ubuntu since Apple's switch to Intel? Is
> there a serious effort being made to continue PPC development, or are
> we orphans now?

> As far as I can see, from his e-mails on debian-
> powerpc at lists.debian.org, benh at kernel.crashing.org seems to think
> that they have the problem more or less sussed (for my G5 tower
> anyway), yet there doesn't seem to be a kernel update for Breezy yet
> and Dapper still has the same problem with thermal control.

I imagine there never will be an official kernel update for Breezy
since the kernel is a pretty major thing to change (though, there
likely will be unofficial kernel updates ;-) in a post-production
operating system.

Keep your eye on YellowDogLinux (and, I know you do ;-). They're
likely to get the problems fixed first and then the fix will propagate
to the other PPC Linuxes.

> I am not
> trying to be irritating, I'm just trying to get a straight answer. So
> far I just keep getting the echo of my own voice.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Brian

Eric.