People tell me things...
Via reader Ed, a new version of OpenBSD is out with improved PowerPC and G5 stability and performance. I don't know much about OpenBSD, but don't let that stop you ;)
Also, Hack 5190 at MacRumors' PowerPC Forum dropped news of a new version of the Flash hack that has the old 10.1 plugin spoof itself as the latest v19. This should be useful to those of you using Cameron Kaiser's SandboxSafari.
In case you missed it, the PowerPC Hub just celebrated its fourth birthday with a video.
At the Ubuntu forums, I saw this Radeon UMS thread for users who need to disable KMS and can't get acceleration because the Radeon driver dropped UMS support. The new UMS-enabled debs are for Ubuntu 14.04, but just for giggles I tested them on Debian and they worked! I just had to install libgcrypt11 1.5.3 in addition to the debs provided--the libgcrypt11 in Debian was too old.
Finally, Apple's ruse to release El Capitan as x86 only to reveal it was PowerPC all along is up:
Spotify 1.0.8 on El Capitan detected as a PowerPC app
Nice try, Apple. If it weren't for those meddling kids!
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Thursday, October 22, 2015
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Flash on Facebook
I'm told in comments there is a crisis of epic proportions on Facebook that has naturally spawned a new Facebook page! Okay, putting aside Facebook users' tendency to match the outrage of the day with a corresponding Facebook page, it seems this time there is justification for PPC users as Facebook will no longer play flash videos unless you have the current Flash 11.1 installed (and Adobe's PPC support ended with 10.1). There's an ingenious fix detailed in this Youtube video, however, where the creator has made a modified Flash plugin to report itself as 11.1 even though it's still 10.1. Lo and behold, Facebook videos now work.
The direct download link is here (with a ReadMe included): http://www.steelbin.com/FPforFBPPC.zip
I've read several reports in forums saying it works, though I can't verify it myself since I don't do Facebook. Also this probably has security holes you can drive a tank through, but luckily there don't appear to be enough PPC Mac users to attract the hackers of the world.
That Facebook page for PPC Macs above might be worth keeping an eye on, too, as there may be more issues popping up in the future.
The direct download link is here (with a ReadMe included): http://www.steelbin.com/FPforFBPPC.zip
I've read several reports in forums saying it works, though I can't verify it myself since I don't do Facebook. Also this probably has security holes you can drive a tank through, but luckily there don't appear to be enough PPC Mac users to attract the hackers of the world.
That Facebook page for PPC Macs above might be worth keeping an eye on, too, as there may be more issues popping up in the future.
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