Re: PowerPC desktop -- asking for trouble?

[Shyamal Prasad <shyamalprasad@verizon.net>]

    "Igor" == Igor Khavkine <k_igor_k@lycos.com> writes:

    Igor> That's good to know. I think I'll hold my plans for a bit
    Igor> until I hear more about sound support. Are there other
    Igor> things that you've found missing on the G5 compared to the
    Igor> x86 platform?

Not yet, but I doubt there will be. Debian is pretty uniform across
architectures unless software is specific to the architecture. I can't
really tell I'm on powerpc (except for the sound, but I've not
attacked that just yet).

Speaking of that, the only negative I've run into yet has been
yaboot. It is a step backwards from grub, but heck, how many times do
you boot a machine?

    Igor> Overall, would you rate your switch as a positive thing?

Absolutely. And I had an incredible learning experience since the
standard Debian kernel for powerpc (2.6.8) did not support this box
the day I bought it. The best thing about Debian remains the
community.  It was impressive to see how helpful people are, and how
quickly the support was patched in.

Cheers!
Shyamal