Couldn’t agree with this post more... however, I got into PPC back in 2014 and stuck with it basically up until last year, when, like you said, the reality set in that PPCs were beginning to meet their end. It’s all well and good that the few 3rd party developers are keeping up with development, but I feel like over the past year or two, we’ve suffered several major blows. TFF went to feature parity instead of recoding the current releases to work on PPC. Slack discontinued it’s IRC services and no longer allows browsers to connect if they’re not running Mavericks or above (yes, this doesn’t affect the majority of you). Flash is dead, Java is dying, more websites rely heavily on HTML5 content, which doesn’t exactly play nice with PPC. YouTube has becoming more and more difficult to play from unless you use an external player. Modern iOS device support is essentially non-existent. DropBox and Skype support is dead. It’s probably only a matter of time before Spotify drops support for its ancient versions as well.
Like you said, once Erik throws in the towel, you know PPC has essentially met its end...
I've found that web apps via TenFourFox are a good alternative to services without native PPC applications, especially if you use a FoxBox.
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For the GPU solution, I wasn't directly suggesting it as a permanent fix, I was putting it there "to go on record" that there
is a way to work around the failed GPU, if you are willing to keep an eye on the temperatures and fan speeds. It's all up to user discretion. It worked for many people, as evidenced by the replies and like ratio.
I feel really bad for anyone who has come to you for advice on or actually repairing broken computers... because if you think this is a good idea and you did this or something absolutely stupid like this to my computer, further damaging it beyond repair, I’d sue you for every penny you’re worth for using unethical, uncertified, and downright idiotic repair methods for fixing multi-thousand dollar computers.
Please, for the sake of those who are not as well versed in technology, like yourself, stop offering advice that you can’t back up with proven technical knowledge, experience, or just plain common sense. Stop spreading the “Gospel of Linux” when you can’t even do basic troubleshooting on it to help someone you convinced to upgrade a whole lab of school computers to Linux, which now has real-world repercussions because at the moment, none of those computers are working, thanks to you...
If you’re going to make completely outlandish claims and seemingly unsound advice, make sure you can back up those claims and advice with actual solid evidence, like
@LightBulbFun CAN do...
For one, I wouldn't do anything like that to your computer because you're perfectly capable of it yourself. And unethical? Excuse me, are you PETA? We're talking machines here, mate. Not living beings. And uncertified? Well, are YOU certified? Is anyone here certified when someone suggests or performs a fix on 12+ year old hardware? If I was a "certified" repair shop, I wouldn't perform half-@$$ed home fixes like what was shown in the video, I would replace the GPU. - Multi-thousand dollar computers in 2008, but purchasable for a couple hundred dollars now, which would likely be equivalent pricing to actually getting them professionally repaired.
I don't doubt for a second that you would take immense personal satisfaction in mindlessly suing me for every penny I'm worth (over a $2,500 computer when new, at most), even though I haven't broken any of your bones, or those of your relatives.
And
you can’t even do basic troubleshooting on it to help someone you convinced to upgrade a whole lab of school computers to Linux, which now has real-world repercussions because at the moment, none of those computers are working, thanks to you...
is a downright lie. I damn well CAN troubleshoot, as I've proven on this site many times, I was simply waiting for that guy to reply, which he still has not done, even after LightBulbFun got involved. Doesn't seem like HE'S helping much, if the recipient of the help never tells you how your help worked out. The guy went about putting Linux on his computers by his own accord, which judging by his posts, sound like everything went dandy, but that the eMac was the only problem computer. I was trying to help him get through it, nice and slow so he could understand me clearly (maybe because English is not his first language, ever think of that?), and then he decides to run away without further notice, then I am deemed "not helping much" and "can't even do basic troubleshooting".
Stop distorting the truth and discounting everything I have to say. I wouldn't do that to you, or anyone else here for that matter, because unlike you, I don't hold immense dislike and disdain for single individuals on a forum who give inputs that I don't approve of.
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I've done that with a MacBook pro early 2008 that I got given with the broken gpu. did that after some searching online, and it worked. the next day it died again. used the same trick, worked for 2 days, then died. it's not a reliable fix, and the rest of the components are not designed to be heated up so much. so you damage the rest of the system in the process.
Did you do everything you could to make sure the GPU wouldn't overheat again, like thermal pads (if possible), controlling the fan speed, etc.?
I never claimed it was reliable, and I never defended it.
