Brent Baude

I've been working fairly steadily on creating the 64bit stage4 tarball I previously mentioned. I won't be buying any lottery tickets soon as it seems my luck is on the downslope. I have hit a number of unique, obscure bugs; many of which are in core packages. If I was simply trying to hack together a stage, it could be done by now but I'm making every effort to turn out quality stages; and stages that can be rebuilt without significant hackage.

So for those who are chomping at the bit for these 64bit stages, know that I am working hard to get them out; that it has been frustrating; and that when it does come out, the quality will be worth the wait.

In the meantime, please keep trying the 32bit-userland stage and provide feedback. A number of folks have given great feedback on the stage and I was able to immediately incorporate their comments into a fix in the stage or a fix in the documentation. That reminds me, check the documentation for the install out at -> http://overlays.gentoo.org/proj/cell/wiki/InstallGentooOnPS3 .

I have also rebuilt the GRP packages numerous times. As of this writing, the 32bit GRP contains 445 pre-built binaries totaling almost 626 MB. Recent additions include things like tightvnc, OpenOffice, and Gnumeric among others. I am also actively soliciting people for packages they would like added to the repository, so your feedback on that topic is welcome too.