Why am I fantasizing about buying an old Mac PPC and installing #OpenBSD on it?
... Probably because despite having a fully modern (x86) computer I still get lags constantly. I thought we were promised newer and faster is better??
I can highly recommend that. Few years ago, I had a PowerMac G4 (if I recall correctly) running OpenBSD. Ditched it in favor of more recent hardware - but with the recent vulns in x86, I really regret that.
@uranther @h3artbl33d PPC (G4 and up) is affected by Spectre too though...
@uranther @h3artbl33d @galaxis
Package selection on #macppc OpenBSD is limited compared with i386 and amd64.
@starbreaker @uranther @galaxis
Yeah it is. But I didn't care, I used it as a more secure fileserver. As to desktop usage, XFCE is supported. Chromium, Firefox seem to be missing/unsupported. One should do a bit of reseach to see whether favorite apps are available on powerpc - before switching arch.
@h3artbl33d @galaxis @starbreaker Chromium/Firefox not supported is a feature.
@uranther Totally serious: why? I'd love to stop using both, but I'm not aware of any alternatives.
@christianbundy Starting to feel like I am turning into RMS who gets web pages archived by email where he reads them with the convenience of his mail terminal.
@uranther Nothing wrong with that if it works for you! Have you had any trouble doing online research that way?
I currently spend a lot of time serfing the web looking for information, and even with a browser (and occasionally using The Goog) it still feels underpowered. I can't imagine working without a browser, but maybe I'd manage?
@christianbundy I haven't tried it yet, no. But simpler methods seemed to work when that's all was available.
