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Debian GNU/Linux 9 "Stretch" will Drop Support for PowerPC

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

-- OriginalOwner_ writes:

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: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 11 2016, @03:08AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 11 2016, @03:08AM (#425547)

    If you want up to date software on that machine from here on out, you're best bet is to drop Debian for NetBSD or OpenBSD. OpenBSD has been nuking old architecture support lately tho, so keep that in mind.

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  • (Score: 2) by t-3 on Friday November 11 2016, @04:34AM

    by t-3 (4907) on Friday November 11 2016, @04:34AM (#425565)

    FreeBSD will be the easiest - the others have issues booting on OpenFirmware. They can be worked around but it's annoying an unnecessary when FreeBSD just works.