Shame that the OpenSuse webpage shows a PPC disc but does not offer one any longer
lurch
bb
It's an empty iso file, with all it's content as the file name.
/BB
Malcolm
Hi
There is no more PPC distribution for openSUSE....
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=557580
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> On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:43:22 +0100
> bb <spam...@norsborg.net> wrote:
>
>> On 2009-11-22 20:50, lurch wrote:
>>
>> It's an empty iso file, with all it's content as the file name.
>>
>> /BB
> Hi
> There is no more PPC distribution for openSUSE....
>
> https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=557580
Apple have already stopped providing new OSX versions for their large
base of PPC machines, even though they'd be charging money for it.
Hardly surprising that linux distributions are directing their finite
development resources away from it.
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<ulickatm...@feckoff.invalid> wrote:
>Malcolm wrote:
>> On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:43:22 +0100
>> bb <spam...@norsborg.net> wrote:
>>
>>> On 2009-11-22 20:50, lurch wrote:
>>>
>>> It's an empty iso file, with all it's content as the file name.
>>>
>>> /BB
>> Hi
>> There is no more PPC distribution for openSUSE....
>>
>> https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=557580
>
>Apple have already stopped providing new OSX versions for their large
>base of PPC machines, even though they'd be charging money for it.
>Hardly surprising that linux distributions are directing their finite
>development resources away from it.
Just as the Cell will be growing in use.
Good thing there are still a couple of distros that have enough vision
to keep theirs going.
bb
> On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:43:22 +0100
> bb <spam...@norsborg.net> wrote:
>
>> On 2009-11-22 20:50, lurch wrote:
>>
>> It's an empty iso file, with all it's content as the file name.
>>
>> /BB
> Hi
> There is no more PPC distribution for openSUSE....
>
> https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=557580
>
I just wrote it as a joke since lurch posted all the contents in the subject
with a blank mail body :-)
/bb
lurch
This is NOT MAIL, YOU RETARDED TWIT!
THIS IS USENET. Dopes like you that are 100% clueless about the forums
you interlope in should not be allowed to be here until you have a clue,
which would keep most of you out for good!
And it was not a reference to a file, it is a reference to the web page
imagery. They show a PICTURE of the ppc iso. If they are so bright as
to remove it( my bet is no), one would think they would have brains
enough to catch the little details, especially on the web page, which is
their showcase for their technical prowess.
Indeed... it is. It is truly a shame that what was once a premier
company, as was Novell, has turned into the slogging dopes that are
currently on staff. Then, there are you dopes that fall into ranks
behind them. How sad.
Tinkerer Atlarge
> Malcolm wrote:
> > On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:43:22 +0100
> > bb <spam...@norsborg.net> wrote:
> >
> >> On 2009-11-22 20:50, lurch wrote:
> >>
> >> It's an empty iso file, with all it's content as the file name.
> >>
> >> /BB
> > Hi
> > There is no more PPC distribution for openSUSE....
Great news, even though OpenSuse 11.1 was the most Mac-friendly distro
of all the ones I tried on my ppc eMac. The "need" to dutifully upgrade
to the next version just as I was getting used to the old one was
something I expected I would get around to eventually. But I was putting
it off due to the same sort of enthusiasm the condemned man has for the
gallows.
> > https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=557580
>
> Apple have already stopped providing new OSX versions for their large
> base of PPC machines, even though they'd be charging money for it.
I prefer 10.4 Tiger to 10.5 Leopard on my 1 Ghz machine. That means
Apple's lack of continued support is not something I spend time worrying
about.
Applying the same logic to OpenSuse, the need for perpetual upgrades can
be a nuisance to someone with limited time and a backlog of other things
he hoped he'd be using his computer for. Particularly when the results
of upgrading are often disappointing to say the least.
My idea of fixing things is to make them work. With Linux distros,
people keep upgrading them until they break.
Why fix it if it ain't broke?
David Bolt
Malcolm painted this mural:
> On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:43:22 +0100
> bb <spam...@norsborg.net> wrote:
>
>> On 2009-11-22 20:50, lurch wrote:
>>
>> It's an empty iso file, with all it's content as the file name.
>>
>> /BB
> Hi
> There is no more PPC distribution for openSUSE....
Bit of a pain for those still using openSUSE, and it does mean my iMac
is going to have to do one of a few possible things:
1, stay with openSUSE 11.1 after it goes EOL;
2, swap to another distro, possibly Debian, which still builds for a
PPC distro;
3, build the entire of 11.2 so it's able to upgrade to it.
1 and 2 are more likely to be my choices. I don't think it'd be worth
it to build the entire of 11.2, or even just the bits I'd want, on it
as it's only a 333MHz G3 and it would be occupied doing it for several
weeks.
Still, I know that it'd be possible to do as I've had it doing batched
package building before. What would be really useful is knowing just
how the build service is able to build the entire of Factory, as then
I'd have a good idea how to sort out possible build dependency issues.
Regards,
David Bolt
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bb
Ok, my mistake to write mail body, I mean body, and you can really write
in the body when you try.
I know USENET very well, I started with 300 baud dialup over UUCP.
I also think it's bad that they dissed the PPC build , but if you have a clue,
type the message in the body, the subject line should be so short as possible
since one will see more headers then just the subject in a news reader.
/BB
lurch
^^
than
The message was as concise and complete as it needed to be.
Since the web page only shows a picture of it, and no longer lists any
actual files, it is pretty obvious that I was talking about the web page
image, not a file image.
There are not many times when the title of a post is all that is
required, but this is certainly one time when it was quite sufficient...
...for all those with a clue. ;-)
300 baud was only a *few* steps before my use era began.