On Aug 9, 2009, at 3:39 PM, Kris Tilford wrote:
> The problem with OS X on a G5 is the fact that Apple is abandoning > support for the PPC Macs, so there won't be any more OS X updates. The > recent lack of support for Java 1.6 for the PPC Macs is already made > newer Java programming fail to run on PPC Macs. But OS X is Unix...install the latest Java in /opt/java or someplace, change your JAVA_HOME env var and you're golden. You'll have to run some java apps the hard way, via starting them in Terminal, but they'll work otherwise. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
