Monday, October 31, 2016

Debian GNU/Linux 9 "Stretch" to Drop Support for the PowerPC (PPC) Architecture

The release of the Debian GNU/Linux 9 "Stretch" operating system is upon us, and Debian developer Jonathan Wiltshire informs us today, October 31, 2016, about the supported hardware architectures for the upcoming release.

The exact release date of the Debian GNU/Linux 9 "Stretch" distribution has not yet been announced, but we're now fully aware of the supported hardware architectures, which includes 64-bit (amd64), 32-bit (i386), AArch64 (ARM64), MIPS, MIPS 64-bit Little Endian (mips64el), Armel, ARMhf, IMB System z (s390x), MIPS Little Endian (MIPSel), and PowerPC 64-bit Little Endian (ppc64el).

"The only change from Jessie is the removal of powerpc as a release architecture. We discussed this at length, and eventually took the view that the least disservice to users of that port is to provide reasonable notice of its discontinuation," said Jonathan Wiltshire in a mailing list announce... (read more)

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