The poll on the OS thread was a little out of date. Kodiak includes X DPs, and Other X includes Server 1.x and Rhapsody DRs.
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Poll: Your PPC OS (updated for 2022)
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Jaguar is missing.
Mine are Jaguar and Tiger.
Other OS X is all other Xs including Jaguar.
Why is Kodiak of all things a separate option then?
Making Server 1.x a separate option would also have made sense IMO.
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Let's see here.
My Companion runs Tiger as the primary OS in a 7-way boot configuration.
Twelve runs Leopard-- haven't made the jump to Sorbet yet (and probably won't because lolnvidia).
And the Titanium is (currently) a dedicated OS 9 machine, while the Six Dollar eMac sits and collects dust because I can't decide if I want to risk attempting to put 1GB dimms in it even though it's not listed as supported-- it's the older pre-DDR board revision and while I found 1GB PC133 on eBay I'm not confident in its workability.
My Companion runs Tiger as the primary OS in a 7-way boot configuration.
Twelve runs Leopard-- haven't made the jump to Sorbet yet (and probably won't because lolnvidia).
And the Titanium is (currently) a dedicated OS 9 machine, while the Six Dollar eMac sits and collects dust because I can't decide if I want to risk attempting to put 1GB dimms in it even though it's not listed as supported-- it's the older pre-DDR board revision and while I found 1GB PC133 on eBay I'm not confident in its workability.
Why is Kodiak of all things a separate option then?
Just curious to see the numbers on it, really, but that would have made more sense. People are free to elaborate in replies, it bumps the topic up.
If I may offer a suggestion: consolidate AmigaOS and BeOS to "Other" given their presumably extremely low numbers (zero as of now), and add Server 1.x as a separate option. I'd also have added Mac OS 9 as a separate option and limited the "Classic Mac OS" option to only cover versions of the classic Mac OS prior to 9 because most people who run classic Mac OS probably run some version of 9.x, with 8.6 and 7.x having some fans too.
If I may offer a suggestion: consolidate AmigaOS and BeOS to "Other" given their presumably extremely low numbers (zero as of now), and add Server 1.x as a separate option. I'd also have added Mac OS 9 as a separate option and limited the "Classic Mac OS" option to only cover versions of the classic Mac OS prior to 9 because most people who run classic Mac OS probably run some version of 9.x, with 8.6 and 7.x having some fans too.
I would, but the site won't let me edit it. I'll probably do it next year...
Leopard on any and all systems capable of running it, either by hook (native install) or crook (by some other method) even if it doesn't meet minimums.
Tiger on all other systems because it's as far as I can make them go.
I was done with OS9/Classic for my personal Macs in 2003.
Tiger on all other systems because it's as far as I can make them go.
I was done with OS9/Classic for my personal Macs in 2003.
Agreed, Tiger is nice but it's getting very old now compared to running Leopard/Sorbet or a distro like Void.
I still have Tiger on my 12" PB and it does run well but feels more sluggish on TFF compared to on a slower Leopard running machine. I think if anyone wants to run Classic Mac OS on a G3, G4... you should just use OS X and SheepShaver or Classic as the performance is very similar and you have access to OS 9 apps if you need to. Obviously Leopard can't run on a 60x PowerMac without a CPU upgrade and some tweaking and Tiger needs a special image.
I plan to swap hard drives soon enough between my 15" PB and 12" PB so I can run Tiger on my 15" which only has 512MB (as the second slot infamously died) and Leopard and Ubuntu on my 12"
[Some] Games run pretty poorly in Panther’s or Tiger’s Classic so there’s a case for a native OS 9 install.
Good point! Would Jaguar
Clamshell's make for a good OS 9 machine.
Honestly... not until the late G4s. Back when the iBook G3 was my only Mac, I tried to use Classilla on 10.3.9, and it was a lot slower with a lot more visual artifacting than just running 9.2.2. And that's at nearly 1GHz. Maybe Jaguar would be better, since people say it had a better Classic.
Personally, I like booting into 9.2.2 because it categorically runs faster and more responsive on my machines than X does; things happen basically instantly when I click on them with Oddball, whereas in Tiger and Sorbet, it definitely chugs even with 2GB and a R9800P, due to the single 450MHz G4. Putting Classic on top of that makes it even worse.
Personally, I like booting into 9.2.2 because it categorically runs faster and more responsive on my machines than X does; things happen basically instantly when I click on them with Oddball, whereas in Tiger and Sorbet, it definitely chugs even with 2GB and a R9800P, due to the single 450MHz G4. Putting Classic on top of that makes it even worse.
Well then I stand corrected.
Visual artifacting sounds strange, I believe the G3 Snow's had GPU problems with the R7500M which might of been your problem. Tiger is where OS X became "as good as OS 9" in my opinion. OS 9 does feel faster for me on a 867MHz G4 but never owned a G3 so don't know about that.
I suppose it's possible, but it looked more like software than hardware. It wasn't anything theatric like a hardware fault might have been, mostly ghost images. Especially when scrolling or resizing the window.
My iBook G4 actually does have GPU issues, and I have to flick it for it to display an image on boot, but it stays good after that.
My iBook G4 actually does have GPU issues, and I have to flick it for it to display an image on boot, but it stays good after that.
I also use Catalina on a MaBook Pro (thanks to @dosdude1), Linux Mint on my MacBook (white), Yellow Dog Linux on a G4 Quick Silver, Lubuntu 16.04 on an MDD G4, and have had MacBuntu (thanks to @wicknix ) on a G5. I have removed MacBuntu as I am experimenting trying to load Ubuntu Mate 14 on the G5 but it’s not going very well. DVD not working, usb not working. I am trying a technique I found where I use a “Casper“ folder and a copy of the .ISO on a hard drive running Sorbet while trying to install it on a second hard drive in the G5. I get to the boot screen, enter a boot command modification and I get to where it starts to load and then trips out.
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