| [07-26 22:03] | [Chat] | Icewolfz: well you could always have instaleld linux on it |
| [07-26 22:03] | [Chat] | Xytras: on a powerpc G5? |
| [07-26 22:04] | [Chat] | Icewolfz: yeah linux works on powerpc |
| [07-26 22:04] | [Chat] | Icewolfz: pretty much works on everything nowdays |
| [07-26 22:04] | [Chat] | Xytras: well damn...only about 8 years too late hahah |
| [07-26 22:04] | [Chat] | Icewolfz: granted you have to find the right distro wit hthe drivers |
| [07-26 22:04] | [Chat] | Icewolfz: but there are some for powerpcs |
| [07-26 22:04] | [Chat] | Xytras: I did keep it for a long time out of spite |
| [07-26 22:04] | [Chat] | Icewolfz: even th m2 to m4 have linux support |
| [07-26 22:04] | [Chat] | Icewolfz: mostly just waiting on graphic drives last i read |
| [07-26 22:05] | [Chat] | Icewolfz: granted linux is even more split then other os |
| [07-26 22:05] | [Chat] | Xytras: well I'm out of luck there...just checked, this box is an M1 max |
| [07-26 22:05] | [Chat] | Icewolfz: granted gnome and kde are the 2 big desktops |
| [07-26 22:05] | [Chat] | Icewolfz: m1 probably works too |
| [07-26 22:05] | [Chat] | Xytras: sure, but at least you don't have to pay through the nose for it and then it doesn't work |
| [07-26 22:05] | [Chat] | Icewolfz: well more and mroe stuff is foce web apps |
| [07-26 22:05] | [Chat] | Icewolfz: looke at ms 365 |
| [07-26 22:06] | [Chat] | Xytras: and Reaper does have a Linux distribution so...hmm |
| [07-26 22:06] | [Chat] | Icewolfz: they stopped selling normal office unles you pay 400 to 600+ |
| [07-26 22:06] | [Chat] | Xytras: ugh yes, fuck that noise...I've been using Open Office for ages |
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