[lubuntu-users] Lubuntu-users Digest, Vol 69, Issue 13

[Fritz Hudnut]

@Eric:

Yes, for the most part support for PPC has been dropped, and that does seem
to also include a repo port even for 16.04, as when I try to upgrade my
various PPC systems I get an "error" . . . and that may have "broken" the
upgrade . . . .  If you are in 32 bit PPC whatever you have might be it,
besides doing "manual" upgrades, possibly synaptic might show you options
for upgrading packages . . . .

If you are in 64 bit PPC then I believe that OpenSUSE still offers support
for a PPC spin.  Long live PPC . . . I think Debian has dropped PPC and so
all the little PPC gnomes are slowly dying off . . . .  U-MATE offered an
alpha 17.04 for PPC by "mistake" . . . I found some issues with it, so I'm
in various flavors of 16.04, except in an iMac it's still running 12.04, I
tried to use Software Upgrade to boost it to 14.04 and hoping for 16.04 to
avoid the fresh install revamp on xorg.conf and video driver snafu . . .
terminal refuses to comply with my commands . . . .

F


Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2017 00:28:37 +0200
> From: Eric <eric.b1 at laposte.net>
>
> Hello,
>
> I've been looking to downoading the PowerPC version for a year or so but
> it's never there. It was there in the beginning and then disappeared and
> never cane back, why?
>
> I use only LTS support versions and am annoyed that when doing a Software
> Update I'm offered to upgrade as this simply doesn't work, I've tested it
> and it simply doesn't work, it only gives extra work when you have most
> probably least time as the entire operating system has to be reinstalled on
> another disk to keep files that were on the old disk.
>
> Twice now on two different hard disks 16.04.3 LTS has suddenly stopped
> connecting to internet, I've found no way to set up the connection again.
> Twice I've had to take a new hard drive and make a new install, looking up
> for what software I had installed suddenly an old install started to work
> correctly again. What happens?
>
> Best Regards
> Eric
>
>
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