Ubuntu MATE

[z970]

Not in my case however, I use my G5 to write music and there're no apps on Linux to come remotely near the OSX software I use.

Ah, of course.

For general usage anyway, I do think it's the better alternative. But for specialized applications and requirements, you've got a point.

I suppose that's what people mean when they say it has "rough edges"...

 

[CooperBox]

Ah, of course.

For general usage anyway, I do think it's the better alternative. But for specialized applications and requirements, you've got a point.

I suppose that's what people mean when they say it has "rough edges"...

Some of those silly names given by the Linux community to many of the distros I find quite cringeworthy, i.e. Shrodingers Cat, Spherical Cow etc.
In keeping with the 'rough edges' comment, perhaps we will see a future distro named Sandy Emery...........

 

[lowendlinux]

It's funny. Had my blasted machine worked with Ubuntu, I would have kicked Leopard to the curb. (dual-boot) Sure, it's more familiar and easier to use, but Ubuntu just offers so much more. At least on a PowerPC, from my experience.

To be honest, if Apple continues down the path they're taking OS X, with this desktop iOS stuff, and everything just becoming an extension of the iPhone, I might switch to Ubuntu on any new computers. At least Canonical and the like have better messages going on than modern Apple, with their politically correct -censoredbecausethisisn'tthepoliticalforum- cra- stuff.

Trying not to get in trouble here...

Don't get me wrong, I'm in no way anti-Apple. I just don't like post-2014 Apple. Many people don't.

The politics of the Linux community isn't all that different than Tim Cooks but they do it with the gloves off.

I'm not claiming to know more than I do, but I'll just list out my current understanding of it. Linux doesn't abandon older computers as quickly, for starters. And it doesn't require one processor type. It's open source, so anyone can change the OS and its apps to their liking, you can make the layout in MATE appear to be more like OS X, Windows, Unity, or other distributions. That, and because it has a much smaller base than Windows, there are far fewer viruses written for it. And like they advertised, it seems to be "free in every sense of the word". I like that.

I'm not preaching, but I can really appreciate what they're trying to do.

Carry on.

Keep in mind that there is no Linux, Linux the kernel is part of a larger SW stack and depending on how that SW stack is mixed they will drop support. Right now a big question in the communities for lots of distros is to drop 32bit support but yes Debian and RHEL bases will offer support longer but you really are at the end for PowerPC. The newest PowerPC Mac is about to be 12 and PowerPC even if it's used in big iron isn't really related to PowerBook any more. I doubt that there will be an Ubuntu 18.04 for PowerPC and Stretch is probably it for Debian.

 

[z970]

The politics of the Linux community isn't all that different than Tim Cooks but they do it with the gloves off.

Keep in mind that there is no Linux, Linux the kernel is part of a larger SW stack and depending on how that SW stack is mixed they will drop support. Right now a big question in the communities for lots of distros is to drop 32bit support but yes Debian and RHEL bases will offer support longer but you really are at the end for PowerPC. The newest PowerPC Mac is about to be 12 and PowerPC even if it's used in big iron isn't really related to PowerBook any more. I doubt that there will be an Ubuntu 18.04 for PowerPC and Stretch is probably it for Debian.

1: Well then, gentlemen. I hate popular opinion.

2: I knew that. 16.04 is likely to be the last release for PowerPC. But at least it will be supported 'till 2019. And that's a whole lot better than 2009/12. That's what I meant.