Hi Adrian, I fully understand that. I've got another PPC64 install now, so when I have time, I can start trying to bug test everything and at least find some leads as to why some packages do not want to function.
Perhaps I can also get around to dealing with that Arctic Fox problem, as can others, I hope... Noah On Tue, 2019-03-05 at 08:45 +0100, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: > Hello Noah! > > On 3/5/19 12:09 AM, Noah Wolfe wrote: > > I already wiped my ppc64 installation a few days ago in favor of > > the > > powerpc variant. On top of the applications not opening, I had a > > problem with Arctic Fox where no matter what I did, or what version > > I > > tried, it would crash every time it encountered a slightly heavy > > website (most websites) or tried to install an addon. So > > considering AF > > is one of the only fully functioning browsers to use at the moment > > (Epiphany has problems, and so does Midori, Firefox ESR won't even > > launch), I didn't have much of a choice. > > The point is that if we want to improve the port, we actually need > people > using it and report bugs. I wasn't aware of this particular issue > with > x265, for example, as I am currently not running Debian ppc64 on a > desktop > machine. > > The more testing and the more bug reports we get, the more rough > edges > can be smoothed out. > > Adrian >
