Comment Re:How can we fracture it? (Score 1) 761
To run it where you need it, not where they think you would.
I've been using Linux/PPC for almost a year now, and a common problem here is that non-free software that could really be useful, exist for x86, or MacOS but not Linux/PPC.
Take nvidia video drivers, or broadcom airport extreme driver for example. Nvidia drivers exist for linux on x86, but not ppc, so I used the unaccelerated 3D drivers. Broadcom's driver exist for MacOS on PPC, but not linux, so I use an external 802.11b usb adapter.
After that, take all games that cannot run because you need a double emulator (x86 and windows), and that's useless because you cannot accelerate the video without nvidia drivers. Now you can see that this is more like a chain than a simple, isolated and rare situation.
I'm not sure if Sun's Java exists for PPC (I think it does), but what about all other platforms (Debian and NetBSD support many more platforms than the ones distributed by Sun)?
I've been using Linux/PPC for almost a year now, and a common problem here is that non-free software that could really be useful, exist for x86, or MacOS but not Linux/PPC.
Take nvidia video drivers, or broadcom airport extreme driver for example. Nvidia drivers exist for linux on x86, but not ppc, so I used the unaccelerated 3D drivers. Broadcom's driver exist for MacOS on PPC, but not linux, so I use an external 802.11b usb adapter.
After that, take all games that cannot run because you need a double emulator (x86 and windows), and that's useless because you cannot accelerate the video without nvidia drivers. Now you can see that this is more like a chain than a simple, isolated and rare situation.
I'm not sure if Sun's Java exists for PPC (I think it does), but what about all other platforms (Debian and NetBSD support many more platforms than the ones distributed by Sun)?
