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How can I develop software for a PowerPC? (thelemmy.club)
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Does anyone know how I can cross-compile software for a 1999 iMac G3 with a PowerPC processor? Are there resources on how to develop for this CPU and is there any community around it?

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[-] Brosplosion@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 months ago

The Yocto project supports PowerPC as a compilation option so you could build a lightweight distribution from source that way

[-] dr_robotBones@reddthat.com 1 points 3 months ago

Wow that's pretty cool! I'll have to try that one day, so long as I can test it in a live environment.

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