powerpc port plans for the squeeze cycle

Heya, As announced on dda [RT1], we want to get an impression when releasing Squeeze is feasible. We have proposed a (quite ambitious) freeze in December 2009, and some developers have noted that their planned changes wouldn't be possible in this time frame. So, to find out when releasing would

Audio, Soundbylayout: how to use it at 24 bits/96 KHz

Hi All PowerBook5,8 here. I want to play a sound file that is coded to 24 bits/96000 Hz at exactly these sample rates. $ file 24-96-sound.wav 24-96-sound.wav: RIFF (little-endian) data, WAVE audio, Microsoft PCM, 24 bit, stereo 96000 Hz Apple says the soundcard I have is able to do 16 or 24

Need to wipe/erase hard drive of iBook G4

I'm part of a group called Project Phoenix (open source blood pressure monitor), and I'm trying to get us to use Linux rather than Windows. The laptop we're using for Linux is an iBook G4. I didn't realize until now that the Linux world has limited support for the Mac/Apple/PowerPC computer.

Re: Need to wipe/erase hard drive of iBook G4

Dear Jason, Are you wanting to guarantee that all previous data is unrecoverable, or are you just wanting to install debian? The debian powerpc installer has an 'expert' mode available. You could run through the installer up to the point where you have detected your hard drive, then

Re: Audio, Soundbylayout: how to use it at 24 bits/96 KHz

On Sun, Aug 16, 2009 at 03:53:20PM +0200, Wolfgang Pfeiffer wrote: Hi All PowerBook5,8 here. I want to play a sound file that is coded to 24 bits/96000 Hz at exactly these sample rates. $ file 24-96-sound.wav 24-96-sound.wav: RIFF (little-endian) data, WAVE audio, Microsoft PCM, 24