Re: x4, x4.0.1 ?

[Michael Schmitz <schmitz@mail.biophys.uni-duesseldorf.de>]

> has anyone had any experience installing x4 on a powerpc?

Sure, just build it from source. 

> know of aplace to get non-package (tar.gz) binaries?

I don't think someone created a simple tar.gz 'package' but you can use
dpkg --fsys-tarfile (or ar) to get one from a Debian package. 
 
> (any, just curious, how is it that powerpcs can use xfree86 at all?)
>                                                          ^^

Seems it's written fairly arch independent (since the days of xfree68). 

	Michael