"commodorejohn" <com### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
> In the past I've had some fun playing around with POV-Ray via Moray for Windows
> on a handful of different PCs. Recently, though, I acquired a Power Mac G5 that
> I've installed Debian on, and as its overall horsepower is several times that of
> even my previous P4 tower, I thought it would be nice to start using it for
> rendering as well as just general Linux acclimation.
>
> I got POV-Ray itself built and installed with no trouble; however, I'm having a
> heck of a time finding a modeller to use with it. I've looked at a number of
> ones from the "Links" section, but most of them appear to be dead or abandoned
> years ago. Truevision looks promising, but the latest tarball is throwing errors
> about conflicting declarations at me, and the CVS server doesn't seem to be
> working...
>
> All I really want here is a simple modeller along the lines of Moray that I can
> use for hobby rendering, and that will build without a big fuss. Can anyone give
> me some suggestions?

You could always use the Povray SDL. It's not that difficult. Also, you can pick
up an old and cheap core2 or athlon ii computer that is much faster than the
ppc970.

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