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---
title: Remmina on PowerPC
author: Antenore Gatta
layout: single
permalink: /remmina-on-powerpc/
excerpt: The GNU/Linux PowerPC notebook project tested Remmina on a PowerPC
categories:
- News
tags:
- powerpc
gallery:
- url: /assets/images/screenshots/remmina_power_pc.jpg
image_path: /assets/images/screenshots/remmina_power_pc.jpg
- url: /assets/images/screenshots/remmina_power_pc_2.jpg
image_path: /assets/images/screenshots/remmina_power_pc_2.jpg
---
{% include figure image_path="/assets/images/ppc_notebook.jpg" %}
[The GNU/Linux PowerPC notebook project](https://www.powerpc-notebook.org/en/) aims to produce a PowerPC powered notebook.
While the project is in its early design stages, they have already released the schema of the [PBC](https://www.powerpc-notebook.org/2019/12/pcb-for-an-happy-new-year/) and they have showed up a [working prototype](https://www.flickr.com/photos/free-software-center/49128563727/) at the SFScon19.
PowerPC is the most modern processor architecture to date:
* X86 – year 1978
* MIPS – year 1981
* ARM – year 1983
* PowerPC – year 1991 (most recent)
As such, it's not affected by many of the limitations of the other architectures and it's much more efficient in terms of power consumption, making it a perfect CPU for embedded devices, laptops till high performance computing clusters.
Its [open design](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_ISA) and its whole modern specification could be a game changer in the Intel, AMD and ARM monopoly, a game where everyone of us can do something to push it at a step further.
It's extremely important to help this project reaching the production level, if they win, others will follow their example and produce other amazing products. If they fail, we all fail.
There are many ways to help, [joining](https://www.powerpc-notebook.org/join/) the project is the most efficient way, but you can also support them donating money through their [donation campaign](https://www.powerpc-notebook.org/campaigns/donation-campaign-for-pcb-design-of-the-powerpc-notebook-motherboard/).
Thanks to the Free Software movement, the GNU/Linux kernel, all the BSD kernels and most, if not all, of the existing free and open source software, may run on this laptop without any issues.
The first version will have these specifications:
* CPU: NXP T208X e6500 64-bit Power Architecture® Core Technology that includes Altivec technology with 16 GFLOPS per core.
* Video card: MXM 3( upgradeable)
* USB2 and USB3
* SATA
* RAM: one or two DDR3L slots (upgradeable)
* HD/SSD 2.5”, upgradeable
* Standard notebook case, 15,6″ (made by [Slimbook](https://slimbook.es/))
Obviously, if you still need to access an antiquated and closed source OS, you can use our glorious Remmina, as shown in the next two screenshots, featuring Remnmina running on one of these prototypes.
{% include gallery caption="Remmina on PowerPC" %}
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