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Linux/PA-RISC projectI am currently working with the Linux/PA-RISC project, a native port of Linux to PA. The kernel is still definitely "developer-release," but I can boot it on my 712/80 and do some basic stuff. If you'd like to try it out and/or contribute to the project the web site is www.thepuffingroup.com/parisc. Lots of info there.
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Re:Acadia University
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Re:The ability to comment the Howtos on lineThere is a new index available where users do have the ability to provide feedback about documents. I've recently put together the Open Source Documentation Index (as part of the Open Source Writers Group project.
At the bottom of each index entry users are encouraged to rate and provide feedback/reviews about the document being indexed.
I hope some folks will go check the OSDI out and let me know what they think. Currently all of the OSWG and most of the LDP documents are in the index, and more are being added daily.
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HR Puffin' stuff actual URLThe original story pointed to the wrong doc. the press release is here.
I think it's nice to see major companys throwing there name behind Linux and it's cause. HP has over 100,000 employees worldwide and had total revenue of $47.1 billion in its 1998.
In the famous words of many US congressmen, 'a billion here, a billion there, sooner or later, that's real money!'
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It (PA 8600) does run Linux ...or at least, it's really close to. If you want to help the Linux/PA-RISC port (you can get a 712 really cheap), see The Puffin Group's Linux/PA-RISC project.
Though we'll need a lot of development time (the kernel is close to running, but glibc, binutils and the rest of userspace will need work), testers will be of help, too.
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Re:Serious Question
LinuxPPC should run on the IBM chip with no problem. However, the port to HP PA-RISC (FYI PA=Precision Architecture) is still in the works. You can find more info at the Puffin Group page here
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Linux portsCurrently Linux is actively developed for Alpha, ARM, IA64, x86 (IA32), PPC, MIPS, m68k, and sparc(64). There is also a sh3 port, but I'm not sure how active it is (9 architectures).
There is a fairly recent effort to port Linux to HP's PA/RISC architecture.
The Power (not PowerPC) port is being worked on by Cort Dougan and supported by IBM. (Any URL ?)
The port to Hitachi's SuperH architecture (sh3, sh3e, sh4, as earlier models have no MMU) was done by Yutaka Niibe and is included in the 2.3 development kernel series.
There are rumours about the 64-bit MIPS and PPC ports being worked on.
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Leases and MaintenanceI'd like to respond to many of the postings here as a group, rather than individually.
First of all, please don't send new HOWTOs or proposals directly to me; this won't help, since I am no longer the LDP maintainer. A good place to discuss this is the Open Source Writer's Group mailing list, found here. It is my understanding that the current LDP leadership is being generally unresponsive to the needs of the community. The OSWG seems to have the community's best interests in mind.
Clearly the LDP needs a maintainer who can allow new people to contribute to HOWTOs which have gone out of date. Maintenance of LDP documents should be considered a lease: if the current owner does not update or maintain the document after a certain time, somebody new should be allowed to step in. I don't think that's happening now, judging from what I've heard.
In response to the people noting that various HOWTOs are out of date: true, but you can't really complain unless you're willing to do something about it yourself. The LDP is a volunteer effort; nobody is being paid to write and maintain these documents. If you're tired of running into out-of-date HOWTOs, do whatever you can to revise the information and send it to the original author, or failing that, to the LDP maintainers. My hope is that the LDP maintainer will allow these kinds of "third-party" updates if it's clear that the current maintainer isn't doing an adequate job.
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Re:What's a non-programmer to do?
You could volunteer with the Open Source Writers Group (http://www.thepuffingroup.com/oswg/). The OSWG is an project that works to match volunteer writers and editors with open-source projects that need help with their documentation.
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Re:What's a non-programmer to do?
You could volunteer with the Open Source Writers Group (http://www.thepuffingroup.com/oswg/). The OSWG is an project that works to match volunteer writers and editors with open-source projects that need help with their documentation.
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There's the Puffin group
which is doing an PA-RISC port with HP's help. see their web site.
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The Porting Effort
The partnership with HP being cool and all, the
real focus ought to be the porting effort--it's
the last major architecture without Linux. If
you've got any experience, or want to make some,
hit their web page and give them some help.
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Red Hat
HP is helping with the open source project, it isn't Red Hat related. Have a look at The PARISC Linux WWW page.