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Can you use linux stuff from other Redhat users on Linux PPC?
Why  is there a Netscape Navi. for linux PPC when there is one for
normal Linux users.
So, can I use all software from eg. www.rootshell.com and places like
that????

Could anyone explain this mess to me..

Thanx in adwance.....
Jakob

Quote:>Can you use linux stuff from other Redhat users on Linux PPC?
>Why  is there a Netscape Navi. for linux PPC when there is one for
>normal Linux users.
>So, can I use all software from eg. www.rootshell.com and places like
>that????

>Could anyone explain this mess to me..

Netscape compiled Linux for the Power PC processors, but did not completely
debug it (last time I heard Java didn't work). (Now, Netscape code is
available from www.mozilla.org.)

Henry.

Quote:>>Can you use linux stuff from other Redhat users on Linux PPC?
>>Why  is there a Netscape Navi. for linux PPC when there is one for
>>normal Linux users.
>>So, can I use all software from eg. www.rootshell.com and places like
>>that????
>>Could anyone explain this mess to me..
>Programs must be compiled for the Power PC processor to run on Linux PPC. If
>the files at www.rootshell.com are executables for normal Linux (such as
>RedHat/Intel), then they will not work under Linux PPC. To get them to work,
>you could download the source code and try to compile them, but this may not
>work and may require extra programming and debugging. Unless you are a
>programmer, you should wait until someone else ports the software to the
>Power PC platform.

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: Can you use linux stuff from other Redhat users on Linux PPC?
: Why  is there a Netscape Navi. for linux PPC when there is one for
: normal Linux users.

Whaddya mean, "normal" Linux users?

If you mean "people who run Linux on x86-based PCs", then the reason
is that PowerPCs are not x86-class processors.  You can't take a
compiled x86/Pentium program and run it on a PowerPC system without
some heavy-duty emulation.

: So, can I use all software from eg. www.rootshell.com and places like
: that????

If you're getting source code, you can probably compile it for LinuxPPC.
If you're getting compiled binaries, they need to have been compiled
for PowerPC in order to work.  You can't take a compiled binary for
PC-Linux and run it on LinuxPPC.

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