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b.log 2024/09/14 - AI will be harmful, Mowing.

date: 2024-09-14, from: Richard Murray’s blog

AI will be harmful, Mowing.

https://heyrick.eu/blog/index.php?diary=20240914


Upgrading PowerMac G5 with 2 TB HDD

date: 2024-09-14, from: Happy Macs site

I recently pgraded my PowerMac G5 DP 2.3 GHz with a WD Blue 2 TB HDD (spinner, not SSD). I had not planned to post about it, but the results were impressive enough that I thought I should pass them on. Upgrading an HDD is a fairly low impact way to achieve significant performance improvements. […]

https://happymacs.wordpress.com/2024/09/14/upgrading-powermac-g5-with-2-tb-hdd/


G5, Sorbet Leopard and AquaFox – A Winning Combination

date: 2024-09-14, from: Happy Macs site

Post Body: In a recent post, I introduced AquaFox, a revived TenFourFox-based PPC web browser. In my initial testing of it, AquaFox looked very promising indeed and so I decided to put it to the ultimate test – accessing a banking web site. This may sound like a very ordinary task, but banking web sites […]

https://happymacs.wordpress.com/2024/09/14/g5-sorbet-leopard-and-aquafox-a-winning-combination/


Apps To Deploy on Sorbet Leopard

date: 2024-09-14, from: Happy Macs site

Previous posts have detailed how to install Sorbet Leopard and explained why it is superior to the base Leopard release itself. So, with Sorbet Leopard now installed and operational, what can you DO with it? Well, it turns out that you can do a LOT! The lineup of applications deployed on a machine reveals much […]

https://happymacs.wordpress.com/2024/09/14/apps-to-deploy-on-sorbet-leopard/


AquaFox, A Great New G3, G4, G5 Browser

date: 2024-09-14, from: Happy Macs site

In the 17 years since Apple stopped sales of the last PowerPC Macintoshes in favor of Intel equivalents, PowerMac enthusiasts have kept the platform alive with regular software updates, new apps and more. A classic example of this was TenFourFox, a G4/G5-targeted version of Mozilla Firefox. Cameron Kaiser kept TenFourFox current for a great many […]

https://happymacs.wordpress.com/2024/09/14/aquafox-a-new-g4-g5-browser/


This Week on The Analog Antiquarian

date: 2024-09-13, from: Digital Antiquarian

The Voyage of Magellan, Chapter 14: The November Mutiny

https://www.filfre.net/2024/09/this-week-on-the-analog-antiquarian/


Rougol September 2024 meeting on monday

date: 2024-09-13, from: Icon Bar, RISC OS News

The September 2024 Rougol meeting is on Monday 16th September

http://www.iconbar.com/comments/rss/news2100.html


Juno Tab 3 Launches with Ubuntu 24.04

date: 2024-09-11, from: Linux Magazine

Anyone looking for a full-blown Linux tablet need look no further. Juno has released the Tab 3.

http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/Juno-Tab-3-Launches-with-Ubuntu-24.04


New KDE Slimbook Plasma Available for Preorder

date: 2024-09-10, from: Linux Magazine

Powered by an AMD Ryzen CPU, the latest KDE Slimbook laptop is powerful enough for local AI tasks.

http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/New-KDE-Slimbook-Plasma-Available-for-Preorder


UNIX Review Magazine Interviews Larry Tesler

date: 2024-09-10, from: Computer ads from the Past

They discuss Tesler’s involvement with Xerox, Apple and office automation with Unix.

https://computeradsfromthepast.substack.com/p/unix-review-magazine-interviews-larry


Bristol RISC OS Users meeting – 12th September

date: 2024-09-09, from: RiscOS Story

The next meeting of Bristol RISC OS Users (BRU) will take place on Thursday, 12th September. The group meets on an informal basis for a chat over a meal, a drink and bite to eat, so there is usually no set topic or formal speaker; it’s usually a case of discussing the latest RISC OS news and developments, and often beyond into the wider world. However, sometimes members might bring along their own latest projects – or problems – for the group to look at, and this month Chris Hall…

https://www.riscository.com/2024/bristol-meeting-12th-september-2/


VATGST pops up to version 1.03

date: 2024-09-09, from: RiscOS Story

If you use VATGST from Kevin Wells, there is a new version for you to download. Version 1.03 of the software is only a small update, adding recognition of and response to the F3 key to pop up a Save dialogue box if there is anything to be saved. The application offers a handy way to check if an entity that is charging either Value Added Tax (VAT) or Goods and Services Tax (GST) in those countries is legitimately registered. If they are, they should provide a registration number, and…

https://www.riscository.com/2024/vatgst-version-1-03/


FreeDOS Format 0.92a

date: 2024-09-09, from: FreeDOS News

Format is a disk formatting program. It creates FAT file systems and low-level formats floppy disks. Jeremy has shared FreeDOS Format 0.92a (a test release) with these new features: - fix failure formatting on first diskette access (GitHub issue #5) - initial translated message support; currently supports most of messages in FR and TR (some have been added since last updated) thanks to cardpuncher (Berki Yenigün). Translations are done using kitten, but in a format compatible with Tom’s kittenc implementation. See NLS.EN for all currently supported messages for translation, about 462 strings. Get the new version at Format 0.92a on GitHub.

This is a test release based on the new Format 0.92. From the August 8 announcement: Jeremy has published a new version of FreeDOS Format to fix several reported bugs, and merged a pull request adding 128KB cluster support. You can download the new version from FreeDOS Format at GitHub.

https://sourceforge.net/p/freedos/news/2024/09/freedos-format-092a/