Firefox 128-ESR on PPC64 Powermac G5
Veröffentlicht unter powermacg5 von thafaker - 29 Dezember 2024
Since I own the Powermac G5 and play around with it, I want to install a modern
Browser and therefor, I want to run Firefox on it. But it is not possible. I tried
different Linux Distros like Debian
Using OpenFirmware on Powermacs
Veröffentlicht unter powermacg5 von thafaker - 27 Dezember 2024
There is always the discussion around if the Powermacs are able to boot from USB or not and I can say: every Powermac G5 is able to boot from USB Thumbdrive. So it
is quite easy to dd an ISO of Linux
Sorbet Leopard 10.5.9
Veröffentlicht unter powermacg5 von thafaker - 27 Dezember 2024
There are quite a few Powermac Enthusiast around the world, like I am. They are
using the Powermac G5 for day-to-day work and I think this is pretty cool,
even when I think we need to go green as
Status of Firefox on PPC64 Big Endian
Veröffentlicht unter powermacg5 von thafaker - 20 Dezember 2024
So yesterday was the release ouf 24.12 T2/Linux and the maintainer, creator
and mastermind behind, René Rebe, were at a lifestream on youtube and twitch.
So I played around with T2 on my Powermac G5
New Release Of T2/Linux
Veröffentlicht unter t2 linux von thafaker - 19 Dezember 2024
T2/Linux 24.12 with XFCE Desktop on Powermac G5 As you know, this weblog is about my 2005 Powermac G5 and how to use it in 2024 soon 2025 as a normal computing device. I installed different Linux
New Kernel 6.12.5 for my Powermac G5
Veröffentlicht unter powermacg5 von thafaker - 16 Dezember 2024
I plugged in that great NVMe SSD into my Powermac G5 because he supports PCI-Express (Version 1.0) and
there is a 4x Speed Port that is unused (the x16 is for the Graphicscard) and now I ran a 1 TB
Still crosscompiling
Veröffentlicht unter powermacg5 von thafaker - 15 Dezember 2024
I own this late and great Powermac11,2 Powermac G5 Dual Core 2,0 GHz and I love this machine for being what it is: a great retrobattle station and also a sexy workstation. It is so clean, no cables,
