Comment by 🛰️ lufte

Re: "Gemini on old platforms."

In: s/Gemini

@istvan what about rust? Can you compile rust code?

🛰️ lufte

Feb 26 · 3 months ago

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🐙 norayr · Feb 27 at 00:43:

is go available for linux on powerpc? i can check actually, i will.

i mean right now i don't understand: abandoned because macos/ppc doesn't exist anymore, or abandoned because big endian ppc is an unnecessary problem for them, which is good to avoid.

i have a gentoo on ppc so i'll check there for go.

🐙 norayr · Feb 27 at 00:54:

@istvan, i reread your comment again and i see: you use macos on ppc. i sincerely encourage you to try linux, let's say debian on powerpc.

— debian netinst images.

— penguinppc will never die.

— latest images today.

☯️ leoperbo · Feb 27 at 01:05:

I'd be ok if there where more 32 bits support in clients for GNU/Linux, it's not so much to ask...

💎 istvan · Feb 27 at 04:45:

@norayr I use it because of software. As a gemstone designer there’s a lot of specialized software we use with no open source equivalent – not even a bad one.

I have other x86 machines with Linux and Haiku, but my PPC is just for PPC Mac. If I ever considered installing a second OS for fun it would be MorphOS.

💎 istvan · Feb 27 at 04:46:

@lufte No. Pretty much everything you are used to doesn’t exist when you are on an OS from nearly 20 years ago.

🚂 MrSVCD [OP] · Feb 27 at 16:00:

OpenSSL has DJGPP support by the looks of it.

Original Post

🌒 s/Gemini

Gemini on old platforms. — With AmiGemini existing for the Amiga platform. What other old platforms does have Gemini client? With my limited knowledge I think that SSL is the limiting factor, right? I would love to see a MS-DOS/FreeDOS etc. client.

💬 MrSVCD · 8 comments · 1 like · Feb 25 · 3 months ago