I installed 11.1 on my ppc G5 model today. Installation went smoothly … from the dvd … which I had downloaded and copied off the download page. Rebooting went well … and I had a working linux. BUT … and to my mind it’s a biggy! … there are no programs to do real work with!! There is an email client and a web browser … and tools to upload other programs … etc.
However, there is nothing that resembles even a simple word processor such as abiword. Openoffice is only in parts, as is koffice … and I am left with no tools to write. read letters, etc. Going to the popular repositories reveals nothing much for the ppc computer … and googling for ‘openoffice & ppc’ gives references to version 1_point something from five or more years ago.
Seriously, if Opensuse was serious about support for he ppc then its dvd would come complete with basic office tools and have access to a repositories with a breadth of programs compiled to run on the ppc. At present, I cannot recommend Opensuse to other ppc users. I will have to remain with Debian … despite the fact that it is ‘behind the times’ …
What do you think??
riccardo
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