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xeno74 wrote: Fri Jun 20, 2025 2:33 pm
Which package do you use? There are two 32-bit PPC Linux packages. See above.

The one I refered in my message (https://github.com/rmottola/Arctic-Fox/ ... pc.tar.bz2).

xeno74 wrote: Fri Jun 20, 2025 1:26 pm
Great news! Arctic Fox 46.0 is available.

Download for new Linux PPC distributions: github.com

It does not start when trying to run it under MintPPC. Only Leafpad is opened, as if it were not an executable.

Skateman wrote: Thu May 22, 2025 9:32 pm @roland i had the same issue and did the check on the partition using de Adelie disk partition tool.

Thanks! That fixed it neatly .

@mintppc
The tool is KDE Partition Manager.

The link to the new MintPPC32-2025-live-root.img.gz is here:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GHfoVLcQC-0MUcEGx3Zjq0qwe8qKIvdd/view?usp=sharing
It is a single root partition. You guys know how to deal with this as you have your own bootloader.

I tried to test that new Mint partition, but it has ...

mintppc wrote: Tue May 06, 2025 4:44 am I still can’t post in the X1000 linux section.
viewforum.php?f=35

Neither can I... I think the X1000 groups are one way or another restricted to the owners of that machine.

There has been a reorganization on this forum. It is nice to have all the Linux groups together, but they are now unfortunately placed at the very bottom of the page... Please remember that the X5000 Linux group is probably the most active one on this site, and should definitely be more easily ...

If there is interest, I am willing to create images of a working MintPPC installation partition. I don’t know if you run 32-bits or 64-bits. You would have to install the bootloader yourself as I don’t have access to your type of machines.

Thank you, Jeroen! But you seem to have forgotten that ...

xeno74 wrote: Thu May 01, 2025 12:40 pm It is not new. It has been tested here for some time. Nobody noticed it.

Aow... Indeed. "You cannot see what you do not expect" .

There was info about new PPC hardware, capable of running Linux:

http://www.amiga-news.de/en/news/AN-2025-04-00129-EN.html

Very interesting!-)

@Skateman

Could you please tell us more about your product here, especially concerning Linux, and when this product possibly will be available for ...

I have released the stable long-term kernel 6.12.19 .

Tested the 6.12.19... The modules are now working:

~$ lsmod
Module Size Used by
snd_emu10k1_synth 20480 0
snd_emux_synth 57344 1 snd_emu10k1_synth
snd_seq_midi_emul 16384 1 snd_emux_synth
snd_emu10k1 180224 3 snd_emu10k1_synth
snd_util_mem ...