For 800MHz G4 why would anyone want a distro tat is somehow "slow" even in much more recent machines?
Guess if anyone wants OSX performance level or even better, the best bet is going for the lightest ditros available, lubuntu may be one of them.
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For 800MHz G4 why would anyone want a distro tat is somehow "slow" even in much more recent machines?
Guess if anyone wants OSX performance level or even better, the best bet is going for the lightest ditros available, lubuntu may be one of them.
1. The last thing we need is another browser
2. Chrome is mainly closed source, so the best it could do is look like Chrome, which can be achieved with addons for Firefox.
Im looking for a version of ubuntu that can run gnome 3 so it doesnt really matter as long it has that gui. Im up for suggestions like xubuntu or lubuntu as long as my previous statement can be fulfilled.
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You see i disagree, ubuntu isnt getting slower its unity to blame ive used ubuntu on a pentium 2 before with unity but when i switched to gnome 3 on top of it being more organized it was unbelievably faster.
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Chrome would be nice but like you said is we dont need another browser we need a developer to update the ones we have to be more modern for browsing and to be further optimized.
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You see i disagree, ubuntu isnt getting slower its unity to blame ive used ubuntu on a pentium 2 before with unity but when i switched to gnome 3 on top of it being more organized it was unbelievably faster.
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Chrome would be nice but like you said is we dont need another browser we need a developer to update the ones we have to be more modern for browsing and to be further optimized.
Im fine with chromium but thought it was closed and chrome was open guess i got mixed up.
Hello fellow mac enthusiasts,
Firstly, a bit about me.
I ma a 15 year old web developer who used to do his work on a Power Mac G4,
Dual 500mhz.
Due to financial reasons, I had to sell my Power Mac
Soon, I am going to buy a used 2010 mac mini, and would like to start developing applications for Macs.
I decided to try and fulfill the desprate need for new apps on PowerPC Macs.
So, if you have any requests (I can't promise anything since I am new to mac development), I will try to develop that app.
Thanks for your time,
Bar Rotstein
I suggest getting a power mac G5 quad...
Make apps 64 bit with multi core support, even the G5s need maximum speed.
A 64 bit recompile of java would be nice.
I talked about this on the other page, but to sum it up:
Chromium is completely open source, but we won't see it on PPC any time soon because of V8. V8 is Google's JavaScript engine and is pretty difficult to port to PPC due to its complexity.