On Tuesday 21 July 2009 11:52:51 you wrote: > On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 11:16:52AM +0200, David Jander wrote: > > For bigger systems we often run a debian-derived OS like Ubuntu, and many > > pieces are compiled natively on the target... just because it is easy and > > quick to do, and cross-compiling certain packages can be a real pain. > > But, a 400 MHz e300 core is not really fast for compiling, so I have been > > considering buying some sort of PowerPC-based system with a faster > > processor, just as a "build-server" (a G5 would do wonders I guess). > > > > It seems like the only real option is one of the smaller IBM Power > > servers, but that seems overkill to me. We also don't feel like buying > > some old second-hand Apple gear. > > > > Is there any other available and affordable platform that can be used to > > run linux and compile software natively for 32-bit PowerPC? > > Have a look at the YDL PowerStation: > > http://us.fixstars.com/products/powerstation/ > > It is more or less a quad G5.
This looks great! Thanks a lot for the tip. I still have to figure out how to get one of these delivered to Europe, but that shouldn't be such a big deal... Best regards, -- David Jander Protonic Holland. _______________________________________________ Linuxppc-dev mailing list Linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org https://lists.ozlabs.org/listinfo/linuxppc-dev