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new web browser for PowerPC Mac: http://www.floodgap.com/software/tenfourfox/ http://www.floodgap.com/software/tenfourfox/ new OS for PowerPC Mac: https://void

new web browser for PowerPC Mac: http://www.floodgap.com/software/tenfourfox/ http://www.floodgap.com/software/tenfourfox/ new OS for PowerPC Mac: https://voidlinux-ppc.org/ https://voidlinux-ppc.org/ or, a new PowerPC computer: https://www.talospace.com/ https://www.talospace.com/

cellularmitosis 6y ago
Tigerbrew is also worth mentioning https://github.com/mistydemeo/tigerbrew https://github.com/mistydemeo/tigerbrew
- saagarjha 6y ago
  And MacPorts should still support a bunch of things too.
  - jarcane 6y ago
    I would actually recommend trying MacPorts first, because it can uninstall cleanly, whereas TigerBrew is a fork from before Homebrew got around to thinking that might be a thing people would want. Which means you won't be able to try MacPorts if TB doesn't have what you want, which is likely IME, as a lot of the builds are broken these days and it's barely supported anymore.
- timw4mail 6y ago
  Macports works more reliably in my experience
Applejinx 6y ago
http://www.airwindows,com http://www.airwindows,com I continue to compile my Audio Unit plugins, to this day, on a 10.6.8 Snow Leopard machine specifically so I can release them as PPC/32/64 bit fat binaries. Far as I know that should continue to hold for everything I've done (not sure if it holds for the Mac VST plugins, though) So that constitutes new audio DSP plugins for PowerPC Macs. Though I don't use it day-to-day, I've got an old G3 (?) Mac laptop. It does indeed have a better keyboard than modern ones… and from an audio production standpoint, it may not be up to high sample rates but it's got digital optical in AND out, standard. Just plug an optical cable into the headphone or mic jacks.
- tonyedgecombe 6y ago
  http://www.airwindows.com/ http://www.airwindows.com/
  - Applejinx 6y ago
    Thanks. :) I don't seem to know Hacker News posting skills as well as I thought.
UncleSlacky 6y ago
Haven't tried Void yet but MintPPC (based on Debian) is nicely done (note: not associated with Linux Mint): http://mintppc.nl/ http://mintppc.nl/
ptidhomme 6y ago
I use OpenBSD on a G4 iBook and it's not too bad

cellularmitosis 6y ago

Tigerbrew is also worth mentioning https://github.com/mistydemeo/tigerbrew https://github.com/mistydemeo/tigerbrew

saagarjha 6y ago
And MacPorts should still support a bunch of things too.
- jarcane 6y ago
  I would actually recommend trying MacPorts first, because it can uninstall cleanly, whereas TigerBrew is a fork from before Homebrew got around to thinking that might be a thing people would want. Which means you won't be able to try MacPorts if TB doesn't have what you want, which is likely IME, as a lot of the builds are broken these days and it's barely supported anymore.
timw4mail 6y ago
Macports works more reliably in my experience

Applejinx 6y ago

http://www.airwindows,com http://www.airwindows,com I continue to compile my Audio Unit plugins, to this day, on a 10.6.8 Snow Leopard machine specifically so I can release them as PPC/32/64 bit fat binaries. Far as I know that should continue to hold for everything I've done (not sure if it holds for the Mac VST plugins, though) So that constitutes new audio DSP plugins for PowerPC Macs. Though I don't use it day-to-day, I've got an old G3 (?) Mac laptop. It does indeed have a better keyboard than modern ones… and from an audio production standpoint, it may not be up to high sample rates but it's got digital optical in AND out, standard. Just plug an optical cable into the headphone or mic jacks.

tonyedgecombe 6y ago
http://www.airwindows.com/ http://www.airwindows.com/
- Applejinx 6y ago
  Thanks. :) I don't seem to know Hacker News posting skills as well as I thought.

UncleSlacky 6y ago

Haven't tried Void yet but MintPPC (based on Debian) is nicely done (note: not associated with Linux Mint): http://mintppc.nl/ http://mintppc.nl/

ptidhomme 6y ago

I use OpenBSD on a G4 iBook and it's not too bad