[ydl-gen] quid ps3 linux after 2012 - addendum

[Derick Centeno]

Thanks Tom, I've always appreciated Debian.  I've "lusted" after their
list of packages for years; however I'm not sure that what's available
for x_86 Debian is available for PowerPC Debian, or whatever they name it.

I appreciate that they remain doing "active" PowerPC work.  The issue
for me is that I still have to consider the cost or "bottom line"
problem which is very real.  As I explained multi-core systems exist
which already incorporate the developments which IBM utilized during the
prime of the PowerPC/Cell era and they are very cheap when measured
against repairs for a PowerPC system.

I'm not looking at the problem from the view of "making money" as I am
looking at the problem from the view of not wasting it on an aging
architecture whose current and future descendants are actually Intel
multi-core systems which have integrated PowerPC/Cell technologies into
themselves!

Again, from an individual's perspective considering the "bottom line" as
well as the nature of technological development which is active, is only
rational.


On 3/11/2011 11:47 AM, Thomas Carlson wrote:
> Derick:
> 
> Debian is still actively developing a desktop PPC version, the newest stable release, Squeeze, having been released just this past February.  Now, it's on to Wheezy.
> 
> I am at the moment installing the latest test version, just out today, on my PowerMac G4 digital audio.  Hopefully, a bug in the Squeeze installer that assigned the wrong sound module to my particular machine has been fixed.
> 
> True, no one is making any money off this endeavor.  But, the bottom line is not the only line.
> 
> Cheers, Tom
> 
> 

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