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For those who are not familiar with the author of this blog, he is a PowerPC enthusiast and the maintainer of TenFourFox, a Firefox port to PPC OS X. He's also

For those who are not familiar with the author of this blog, he is a PowerPC enthusiast and the maintainer of TenFourFox, a Firefox port to PPC OS X. He's also currently working on a new PPC JIT for (modern) Firefox on Linux (a project for which he is looking for volunteers to assist him[1]) to bring it to speed parity with Chrome on PPC (which already has a PPC JIT). [1] https://www.talospace.com/2019/03/pitch-into-firefox-jit.html https://www.talospace.com/2019/03/pitch-into-firefox-jit.htm...

dillonmckay 7y ago
What is the last supported OS X version for PowerPC processors?
- IntelMiner 7y ago
  10.5.8 "Leopard"
krackers 7y ago
Do you mean webkit on ppc (since I searched but couldn't find a chrome port)
- MrRadar 7y ago
  There is a community Chromium port to PPC Linux[1]. Modern PPC Linux distros should have it in their repositories. So far Google has not accepted the patches to enable PPC support upstream[2]. [1] https://wiki.raptorcs.com/wiki/Porting/Chromium https://wiki.raptorcs.com/wiki/Porting/Chromium [2] https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/forum/#!topic/chromium-dev/MYq1DPz9Tak https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/forum/#!topic/chrom...
jchw 7y ago
I just picked up a G4 iBook and am grateful for TenFourFox. Combined with uBlock Origin legacy builds, it’s actually usable for some modern sites, which is pretty impressive.
classichasclass 7y ago
Author here. Thanks for the kind word. :)
- MuffinFlavored 7y ago
  Why the obsession with PPC? Don't you feel you could put your time + effort into something more modern that isn't dying?
  - deleted 7y ago
    [deleted]
  - classichasclass 7y ago
    Why do you say it's dying?
  - MrRadar 7y ago
    PPC is far from dead. You can buy brand-new POWER9 workstations with up to 44 cores (with SMT4 for 176 threads) from Raptor Computer Systems. They are also about as open as a modern computer can be with board schematics included with every system and only one component with closed firmware (the BCM5719 network controller, which is currently being reverse-engineered so an open firmware can be developed).
    - mromanuk 7y ago
      Wow, didn’t know that, amazing. What is the main use of those machines?
      - MrRadar 7y ago
        They are primarily intended for people who need lots of threads for high-end workstation uses (see Phoronix's benchmarks[1]), people who want open computers (whether for security/auditability or ideological reasons), or just people who want something different from the mainstream. [1] https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=power9-threadripper-core9&num=1 https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=power9-t...

dillonmckay 7y ago

What is the last supported OS X version for PowerPC processors?

IntelMiner 7y ago
10.5.8 "Leopard"

krackers 7y ago

Do you mean webkit on ppc (since I searched but couldn't find a chrome port)

MrRadar 7y ago
There is a community Chromium port to PPC Linux[1]. Modern PPC Linux distros should have it in their repositories. So far Google has not accepted the patches to enable PPC support upstream[2]. [1] https://wiki.raptorcs.com/wiki/Porting/Chromium https://wiki.raptorcs.com/wiki/Porting/Chromium [2] https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/forum/#!topic/chromium-dev/MYq1DPz9Tak https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/forum/#!topic/chrom...

jchw 7y ago

I just picked up a G4 iBook and am grateful for TenFourFox. Combined with uBlock Origin legacy builds, it’s actually usable for some modern sites, which is pretty impressive.

classichasclass 7y ago

Author here. Thanks for the kind word. :)

MuffinFlavored 7y ago
Why the obsession with PPC? Don't you feel you could put your time + effort into something more modern that isn't dying?
- deleted 7y ago
  [deleted]
- classichasclass 7y ago
  Why do you say it's dying?
- MrRadar 7y ago
  PPC is far from dead. You can buy brand-new POWER9 workstations with up to 44 cores (with SMT4 for 176 threads) from Raptor Computer Systems. They are also about as open as a modern computer can be with board schematics included with every system and only one component with closed firmware (the BCM5719 network controller, which is currently being reverse-engineered so an open firmware can be developed).
  - mromanuk 7y ago
    Wow, didn’t know that, amazing. What is the main use of those machines?
    - MrRadar 7y ago
      They are primarily intended for people who need lots of threads for high-end workstation uses (see Phoronix's benchmarks[1]), people who want open computers (whether for security/auditability or ideological reasons), or just people who want something different from the mainstream. [1] https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=power9-threadripper-core9&num=1 https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=power9-t...