there's RetroArch that'll handle a fair deal of systems depending if you've upgraded the gpu in your G5, as for browsing you can get a more modern browsing experience with TenFourFox but you really need to temper your expectations. grab the big build link from the Macintosh Garden listing, just look up RetroArch there's a Mediafire link that has upto 1.8.6 and you can use 1.8.5's cores. you could go w/ Linux on the machine but again depending on the GPU in there you will either have a good time or a verry painfull almost unusable experience.
On Tue, May 18, 2021 at 3:28 PM Josh Juran <[email protected]> wrote: > On May 18, 2021, at 12:45 PM, R. A. Cantrell <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I was gifted an iMac G5 1.8 a few years ago and fiddled with it a while > and could not get it to a very serviceable situation. Has Safari, has > Firefox, but I get a lot of "could not establish secure connection" and > "unsupported browser" responses. I would like to get it sorted out so that > I can re-gift it to some people who need it. It has 10.4.11 running and the > computer seems to run right, but it will present insurmountable > difficulties for the intended end user. Any help? > > You're getting HTTPS errors because the SSL/TLS standards have advanced, > and the older ones are no longer supported for security reasons. > > You could install MacPorts and the curl and openssl packages to allow > command-line downloading, but I don't see you getting a usable web browsing > experience out of this machine. On the other hand, it would work fine for > running PPC-only and non-Carbon classic applications (such as many games), > so perhaps you could find someone interested in that. > > Josh > > -- > You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a > group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/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 leave this group, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "iMac Group" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/imaclist/A38E06A1-CCEE-419B-B17E-77C8BD08296D%40gmail.com > . > -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/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 leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "iMac Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/imaclist/CA%2BrVfaXOALEKdBRhimK9GpAPE%2B_WqpCeYpaF%2BOVjKQtGrLRhNQ%40mail.gmail.com.
