PPC Live CD

[Matt Zimmerman]

On Tue, Oct 05, 2004 at 03:32:48AM -0400, volvoguy wrote:

> Just a quick question. Is there a reason there are no live cd's for
> powerpc while there are tons for x86? They're so handy for checking
> hardware compatibility and fixing random problems, but I've never seen
> one for PPC - Ubuntu distro or otherwise.
> 
> I always just assumed it was because there was no demand for it - but
> it's obvious on this list that there are a lot of people using Ubuntu
> on that platform.
> 
> Thoughts? Comments?

There is a certain amount of work involved in getting a live CD working,
even if an installable CD already exists for the same platform.  That work
simply has not yet been done for the powerpc platform.

If anyone on this list is interested in working on an Ubuntu live CD for
powerpc, contact me off-list to coordinate.

-- 
 - mdz