tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749559194818088720.post4944684868236012946..comments2024-02-20T06:53:10.484-08:00Comments on PPC Luddite: Some Random-ish NewsDanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04700474277267739107noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749559194818088720.post-11945923501849359572012-11-19T01:09:03.783-08:002012-11-19T01:09:03.783-08:00My mom used to run some kind of tax software, can&...My mom used to run some kind of tax software, can't remember if it was TurboTax, on Soft Windows and then Virtual PC. So I guess it's back to the future.Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04700474277267739107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749559194818088720.post-88834151335794990042012-11-19T01:05:47.475-08:002012-11-19T01:05:47.475-08:00There was this bug with gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad:...There was this bug with gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad:<br /><br />https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gst-plugins-bad0.10/+bug/973014<br /><br />It broke playback of many .mp4 files and was why Minitube choked on so many videos. The bug also affects Totem and everything else that uses gstreamer, though I don't think mplayer has anything to do with it.<br /><br />My version of mplayer works fine, though I compiled it myself to run on a G3. Didn't Zen at PowerPC Liberation mention he was having video problems with Lubuntu's development release and if you wanted good video performance to stick with stable?Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04700474277267739107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749559194818088720.post-64256878960404090502012-11-18T22:00:53.372-08:002012-11-18T22:00:53.372-08:00I have to say, I was still pleasantly surprised la...I have to say, I was still pleasantly surprised last year that TurboTax still worked on the G5. I figured it would have been discontinued by then. So I don't bear Intuit any particular ill will, though I'd probably feel different if I were an annual subscriber, and at least I have an Intel mini around that can still run TurboTax until they drop 10.6.8 (or, I might run it in Virtual PC -- haven't decided yet).ClassicHasClasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17331846076856918359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749559194818088720.post-34870748204224437142012-11-18T13:39:20.693-08:002012-11-18T13:39:20.693-08:00Slightly unrelated but do mplayer and gstreamer wo...Slightly unrelated but do mplayer and gstreamer work in your Debian installation? On my lubuntu install they either play crappily or flat out refuse to play anything. I've tried installing all codecs, purgeing and reinstalling and nothing helps. Ubuntu forums indicate its a known upstream Debian problem. For the moment I can use VLC instead, but its much more resource intensive and the mozilla plugin doesn't play nice with youtube sometimes.<br /><br />Completely unrelated but I just tried out the elementary OS luna beta. Boy howdy that is a sliiiiiick user interface, and surprisingly lightweight to boot. If you have PC lying around I strongly rec putting it on a thumb drive and checking it out. Canonical should can Unity and go with this instead.dr.davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15886698961408263795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749559194818088720.post-49341362555362159922012-11-18T12:05:03.658-08:002012-11-18T12:05:03.658-08:00For those of us who neither plan to relinquish our...For those of us who neither plan to relinquish our PPC Macs nor go back to paper returns, take a look at TaxAct (www.taxactonline.com), a web-based alternative for preparing US Federal and State tax returns. Costs aren't bad and my G4 Mac renders the web interface properly across several browsers (Aurora, TenFour, SeaMonkey). Once complete the product can be submitted electronically or on paper (pdf print file).Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02999524983802282586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749559194818088720.post-59046101029455457942012-11-18T12:03:33.613-08:002012-11-18T12:03:33.613-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02999524983802282586noreply@blogger.com