easyubuntu for ppc?

[T31]

As far as I have seen some staff wouldnt work with ppc computers for example w32codecs java,

any chance to develope a ppc version?;)

: )))

[keyes]

I don't have PPC hardware so I cannot develope it. But if you (or anybody) want to do that, he's welcome and I will help (if I can).

Same problem for AMD64.

[ssam]

w32codecs for powerpc is very dificult. the codecs have been compiled for x86 windows (by microsoft, real, apple etc) and can just about be made to run on x86 linux.

maybe someone could put in a lot of work with qemu to make it work. or write a compatability layer for powerpc macos x codecs. but these would be a lot of work, and nobody has stepped up to do it.

what we really need are opensource decoders for formats, which requires the format to be documented and not wrapped up in patents. you'll never need to mess around with binary codecs to read HTML.

the java situation could get better, there are opensource projects that are doing quite well. http://gcc.gnu.org/java/ http://www.gnu.org/software/classpath/

[elwood_j_blues]

the java situation could get better, there are opensource projects that are doing quite well. http://gcc.gnu.org/java/ http://www.gnu.org/software/classpath/

The main problem about GNU java is that it is way slower than the commercial alternatives. For now, there's a commercial IBM java for Linux/PPC that works quite well.

Anyhow, free software remains the better choice. I unfortunately don't know where the differences are that make the GNU version so much slower than the commercial one.