title: PowerPC emulation: Qemu, PearPC, or... ?
body: <p>I'm currently trying to build a configuration to test some code on Big-Endian systems.</p>
  
  <p>Through chats and research, i've been convinced that a good target for these tests would be the PowerPC architecture. Since i don't own one, and don't expect to get direct access to one anytime soon, i'm looking for some kind of emulation software to test my code.</p>
  
  <p>Problem is, i've found no "easy to use" solution in this area. </p>
  
  <p>It seems there are at least 2 possibles solutions, one using QEMU, and the other one using PearPC. None of them is really easy to deploy.</p>
  
  <p>The way i see it : </p>
  
  <p>I would like something as simple as deploying a VMWare virtual machine, with a simple ghost VM ready-to-use and to download. </p>
  
  <p>Additional info : I believe Linux on PowerPC is probably the better OS choice here, since emulating a MAC environment is likely to break license. I guess QEMU is also more up-to-date and supported than PearPC. Host system can be either Windows or Linux. Host CPU must be x86.</p>