Dear Dr. Mark,
With your loading of the FOSS OS and Dave-The-Geek actually getting the
sound running on Ubuntu 16.01 on a PowerPC G5, the fact that Apple wants
everyone to throw away all of their old hardware in order to upgrade to OS
X Sierra, shall have a major impact on the technology waste stream...
So, Dr. Mark, the real question is can we, by upgrading (yes,
upgrading... :^) these legacy Apple systems with Solid State Drives
containing a FOSS operating system keep this equipment out of our
landfills?
This gets me creative juices flowing. I just now registered the domain
names "bakedapples.net" and "bakedapples.org". As Green Mountaineers, we
have several traditions related to the cooking of apples, and despite the
fact that the term "baked" has been associated with certain playful
substances nationwide, or maybe because of it, I wonder if "baking" old
apple products could be a feasible, viable project as you have so cleverly
demonstrated on a small scale.
Dr. Mark, as you know we, here in Barre, are simple creatures, living in
the cold and dark, spending our days cracking rock. Our ignorance in the
area of Apple computing and processor hardware is profound, mostly because
we never could afford any. So, questions about this project abound.
What models of Apple hardware could be "baked" how hard is it to swap out
an SDD on a particular model (e.g. the Apple "ilamp" G4 :^)? How much
customization of a distribution would be adequate? Is it possible to
consider this on a scalable (maybe profitable?) basis?
Anyway, your contribution of one each prototype "Baked" Apple G4 and a G5
to the BOSI Adult Swim has set imaginations in motion, and shown the way.
Dr. Mark, we are anxious to follow your lead. If anyone reading this has
any insight into baking Apples here in Vermont, please respond.
Many Thanks and...
Kindest Regards,
Paul Flint
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On Mon, 3 Oct 2016, Mark Engelhardt wrote:
Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2016 16:57:48 -0400
From: Mark Engelhardt <[email protected]>
Reply-To: Vermont Area Group of Unix Enthusiasts <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Linux_adult_swim Meeting today, Monday October 3rd,
5 PM at 40 Washington Street, Barre Vermont
On Oct 3, 2016, at 1:12 PM, Paul Flint <[email protected]> wrote:
As Apple moves away from the PowerPC based systems, and even the early Intel
based products, I wonder if maybe there is life after Apple for this hardware?
Maybe Dr. Mark is onto something?
Paul,
With the recent release of of OS X Sierra - Any computer from Apple made before
the fall of 2009 is now obsolete!
That is a lot of excellent, well built hardware that will run linux very well.
They get even better if you put in a small SSD drive!
Dr Mark ;)
