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posted by martyb on Thursday November 10 2016, @11:20PM   Printer-friendly
from the one-fewer-architecture dept.

Softpedia reports

The exact release date of the Debian GNU/Linux 9 "Stretch" distribution has not yet been announced, but we're now fully aware of the supported hardware architectures, which include 64-bit (amd64), 32-bit (i386), AArch64 (ARM64), MIPS, MIPS 64-bit Little Endian (mips64el), Armel, ARMhf, IMB System z (s390x), MIPS Little Endian (MIPSel), and PowerPC 64-bit Little Endian (ppc64el).

[...] The Debian Project [has] decided that it's time to deprecate the support for the PowerPC (PPC) hardware architecture from the Debian GNU/Linux operating system, starting with the upcoming Debian GNU/Linux 9 "Stretch" release. Also in question is if the PPC (PowerPC) port will remain an architecture in the main FTP archive of the GNU/Linux distribution.

That being said, if you're currently using Debian on a PowerPC computer, you should be aware of the fact that you won't be able to upgrade to Debian GNU/Linux 9 "Stretch" when it's officially released. However, that should not be an issue because the Debian GNU/Linux 8 "Jessie" release should receive support for at least a couple of years.

Will this affect any Soylentils?
Are there Soylentils running a PowerPC who have already abandoned Debian because of other issues?


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  • (Score: 0, Offtopic) by idetuxs on Thursday November 10 2016, @11:59PM

    by idetuxs (2990) on Thursday November 10 2016, @11:59PM (#425462)
    I've heard about it, I suppose it's something really old. meh

    Regarding Debian, after a few years I actually ditched it for Fedora, switching at the same time Gnome (which started making me sick) for KDE. Nice discovery for me, KDE is neat and once you tweak it a little bit, comfortable.
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