java/linux (was: Re: [svlug] Good linux distro for learning programming)

[Rick Moen]

Quoting David N. Welton (davidw at dedasys.com):

> Well, I use Linux on a PPC machine.

Hey, I do, too (Ubuntu, currently).  It's nice to finally have a
suitable operating system for my iBook.

> Debian has ports for the following architectures: m68k, sparc, alpha,
> arm, mips (and little endian mips), hppa, ia64 and as Dave mentions,
> s390.  Oops, almost forgot - the 'sh' architecture too.

For reasons that would be difficult to explain, one of the more
comprehensive list of Linux ports is near the front of the User Group
HOWTO, at the LDP:  http://tldp.org/HOWTO/User-Group-HOWTO-1.html#ss1.1

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