Who said development on PowerPC was dead?
Adam Albrec has released PPC Media Center 5.5, an update that requires PPC Media Center 5.0 and is PowerPC only (unlike 5.0 which was universal). So 5.5 is sort of our ppc secret handshake update. It has various enhancements and now includes all options in a single menu.
ICYMI, LibreOffice for Leopard PPC has started putting out LibreOffice 5 versions. Looks like this project has staying power.
Nathan Hill at G5 Center has been developing SimpleMarkPPC, a MarkDown application that creates, edits, and exports MarkDown documents while keeping everything simple--you type in the text and it gives you live updates. There are a lot of possibilities with this, so definitely check it out.
Finally, TenFourFox continues churning out updates, and Tenfourbird is out with a version 38 as well. Still waiting for the former's 68k port. I guess it's delayed.
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Noticed the Ten4fox 68k port post was from 1st april 2013 ?
ReplyDeleteTenFourFox 68k is real. I know this. I've seen the screenshots.
DeleteOk then ;)...
DeleteHow does the PPC Media Center 5.5 update work? :-$
DeleteThe ReadMe in the original version 5 (required) is pretty complete. Once it is working, the update is as simple as replacing the app and re-assigning Spark (see ReadMe).
DeleteYou have to install PPC Media Center 5.0 first, then the update. Then when you copy a youtube URL, you launch PPC Media Center and it shows you options to stream, download, etc.
DeleteAll the update instructions for PPCMC 5.5 are right in the text file called "read me" that comes with the update. It's highlighted in red, so you can't miss it.
DeleteAlso, Dan explains it in this very blog post above.
If it weren't for the original question, I would've never found out what :-$ means. I think I'll be using more of that :-) ;-) :-/
DeleteThe closest thing I can think of is a bling mouth. ie. gold or silver teeth.
DeleteMaybe having such teeth stops you from noticing read me files. :)
Thanks for sharing the link. It is fun to see good people developing and updating software.
ReplyDeleteI too am waiting for that Ten4Fox 68k build, even if it takes hours to load. :)
Put it on a ramdisk. It'll fly.
DeleteI decided to put Leopard on my PowerMac G4 to try a lot of these apps you mentioned. The PPC media center is fantastic!
ReplyDeleteLibreoffice crashed on me. Do you how are the devs for the PPC port so I send a bug report?
There are some troubleshooting tips in this post.
DeleteI don't know of any place to report bugs, but the developer has an email address on his Git page.
Thanks Dan!
Deleterican:
DeleteIn my experiences LibreOffice for PowerPC is MUCH better on Linux than Mac OS.
You are probably right. I just wanted to check it out.
DeleteDan,
DeleteThe patch worked. Libreoffice is running!
rican-linux, you might try Neo-Office http://www.tucows.com/preview/607471/NeoOffice-For-PPC
ReplyDeleteMade from the ground up to run in OSX but is based Open/Libre' Office's code base (even runs many O.O. addons). Very fast and stable.
I have tried Neo-Office in the past. It is pretty solid.
DeleteThe LibreOffice 5 build 20151030 works very nicely and seems usable even though it's still in alpha. Many thanks to Douglas. LibreOffice 5 makes me (for the first time) think about abandoning Office 2004.
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