SPARC, IA64 Ports Of Ubuntu Face Decommissioning

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on Jun 7, 2010 11:05 PM EDT
Phoronix; By Michael Larabel
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While Ubuntu and its derivatives (such as Ubuntu Server and Ubuntu Netbook) are most popular on x86 and x86_64 systems along with a growing presence on ARM-based devices, ports of Ubuntu have been available for SPARC and IA64 architectures too. However, as the quality of these ports have been degrading, the IA64 and SPARC ports of Ubuntu Linux may be decommissioned during the Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" development cycle.

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