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#retrocomputing #vintagecomputing #search #searchengine #frogfind #PowerPC #PowerFox #MacosX #Macos #apple

Catch of the Day: PowerFox on PowerPC – The community never gives up! 🦊⚡

Hey Retro Fans!

Many believe that old architecture eventually just becomes useless for the modern web. But our bouncer fished a browser out of the FrogFind pond today that proves the exact opposite:

PowerFox 128.0 on Mac OS X (PowerPC)!

For those who might not know: PowerFox (similar to TenFourFox or InterWebPPC) is a passionate community project. It's based on modern Mozilla engines but is painstakingly ported, tweaked, and compiled to run on old PowerPC processors (like the G4 or G5). Seeing a version number like "128.0" on a PowerPC is almost paradoxical—it's an attempt to squeeze current web standards onto hardware that Apple buried almost 20 years ago.

The fact that someone takes the time to boot up a G4 Mac, compile (or install) PowerFox, and use it to browse FrogFind is a wonderful sign of how dedicated the retro Mac community is.

Long live the PowerPC!

Your FrogFind Team 🐸

Just… Josh

1d ago

This might be a bit of blasphemy for many #MacOSX lovers out there, but I think #Marvericks is becoming my favorite over #MacOSXsnowleopard 😬

Letterboxx 5d ago

Letterboxx TestFlight build 1.0 (4) is out, fresh on the heels of tonight’s earlier (3) release.

👨🏼‍🔧 Fixed: newsletter-list regressions after the last build — native Mac row swipes are back, and an AppKit table crash around row height / row view handling should be resolved.

✅ Kept: custom newsletter folders, IMAP folder picker, and cancellable provider picker from the Accounts update.

Public TestFlight:
https://testflight.apple.com/join/nnK

#indiedev #macapp #newsletters #macOS #macosx

Tom Lorenz May 9

The old HD just doesn’t want to boot into Mac OS X any longer, so I’m “stuck” in System 9.2.2. Until I decide to spend the time replacing that HD with an SSD rig, I guess I’ll bust out the old Ambrosia games and catch up on some Barrack and Maelstrom. #MacOSX #VintageComputing #Apple #iMacG4 #BestDesignEver

AskUbuntu Apr 30

Multipass on macOS Apple Silicon M5 fails with host-arm-cpu.sme error #macosx #qemu #macbookair #multipass

https://askubuntu.com/q/1566277/612

Multipass on macOS Apple Silicon M5 fails with host-arm-cpu.sme error

I've been having trouble getting multipass to run Ubuntu instances on Apple Silicon M2 and M3. The problem, at launch, is: [2026-04-30T16:33:59.021] [error] [pluto] process error occurred Crashed p...

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Letterboxx Apr 30

Woke up to people already finding this account, which is a very nice surprise.

Letterboxx has been in active development since early February and is getting close to TestFlight. I’ll use this space to share progress, design decisions, privacy-minded newsletter reading, and the little Mac details that make software feel cared for.

Thanks for following along!

#MacApp #IndieDev #Newsletters #macOS #macosx

AskUbuntu Apr 30

Help choosing which Linux OS #macosx

https://askubuntu.com/q/1566262/612

Help choosing which Linux OS

I’m making use of an old (2012) MacBook Pro. Great little machine, but Apple is no longer supporting my OS. I’ve never used Linux software to my knowledge and am apprehensive on which OS will best ...

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Dummy-X 🇮🇹Apr 30

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#android #condivisionefile #ios #macosx #tool #windows