On 10/16/16 10:24 PM, Mathieu Malaterre wrote: > On Sat, Oct 15, 2016 at 10:12 PM, Kristen <kris...@atmyhome.org> wrote: >> List, >> >> I am wondering if the Apple PowerPC line of computers are still >> supported in Debian? I have tried to use a netinstall of Debian 8.6.0 on >> a G3 iBook, a G4 MP, and a G5 iMac and all have failed in the same manner. >> >> The install appears to progress wonderfully. However after the initial >> reboot the system fails with a message reading "Oh no! Something has >> gone wrong.". If I click the button to "Log out" I am given only a blank >> black screen. The virtual terminals also fail to respond. I suppose I >> can SSH in if I hunt for the IP address assigned via DHCP. >> >> Any thoughts about this? > > I cannot find the thread anymore but basically GNOME 3.x has extra > requirement, which older graphics cards do not have. As suggested, you > should pick another desktop environment. I would also avoid KDE. I am > a happy xfce user, but MATE may work if you want to stay closer to > GNOME 2.x (not tested) > > -M >
So then I must ask this question, given that Gnome fails to work for PowerPC, at least for Apple computers. Why is it that during the install process is Gnome even listed as a desktop environment to install? Does Gnome need to be compiled on Apple PPCs for it to run?
