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The following happened in November, so you all are now caught up with some of the more interesting things I did with my PowerPC Macs in-between last year's challenge and this year's challenge! Looking to put myself through more nonsense with Fienix Linux, I decided to give it a shot on my...

I checked back with OpenBSD and noticed that XFCE was re-added to OpenBSD's macppc branch with the release of OpenBSD 7.8, which was yet to be released when I installed OpenBSD 7.7 on my PowerBook G4. Some packages were removed, such as Gramps 5.2.4 and LuaKit 2.4.0 (the only other graphical web...

So, OpenBSD was a bust. It got farther than nearly all available Linux distributions in that it actually got past the installation sequence and booted, which is sadly saying a lot, but the anemic collection of software packages, the lack of any audio (and yes I checked to see if there was an...

Now for a little diversion! The following was performed in August of 2025: I wanted to test out the capabilities of a set of powerline adapters I once purchased to see what speeds I could get for my PowerPC Macs, considering their wireless networking caps out at 802.11g at 54mbps. I already...

Soon after I had installed and retired Lubuntu 12.04 Remix on my Mac Mini G4, I continued seeing why hubbub continued surrounding it and Lubuntu 16.04 Remix by installing Lubuntu 16.04 Remix for myself for reasons I already listed in my previous post. While Lubuntu either moved or killed off...

I noticed that, for some reason, people on the MacRumors forums insist on continuing to use, or even set up for the first time, w1ckn1x's Lubuntu 12.04 Remix and 16.04 Remix distributions, long after they have been deprecated. I took it upon myself to subject my 1.5 GHz Mac Mini G4 to this...

It seems that interest in PowerPC is waning... The 2022 and 2023 and 2024 challenges were all right on time with an announcement from the site founder Branchus, but the 2025 challenge was delayed by several days but still received the usual announcement from Branchus... and now the 2026...

Hello, from the PowerMac G5! The 2025 PowerPC Challenge is coming to a close. There were some things time constrained me from accomplishing, like installing the T-FORCE Z SSD into my PowerMac G5 and I still have declined to purchase a copy of MorphOS. I'm thinking about installing MorphOS to...

I've spent most of the last two days using my PowerMac G5. On Tuesday, I used both my iMac G5 and PowerMac G5 in tandem, and by the end of the day it was unsurprisingly like a sauna in the room they both reside in. One of the USB Wi-Fi dongles I purchased arrived on Tuesday, so the first thing I...

Yesterday, the SSD (IDE-to-mSATA) was plugged in to the PowerBook while the stock Apple 120GB 5400rpm hard drive gets zipped up into the plastic bag the IDE-to-mSATA adapter was packaged in. For now, that drive will remain in the bag for safe keeping. Before reassembling, I plugged in a...

Fast forward to today, it was finally time to resume work on the PowerBook G4. For the past day and a half, I had sat the laptop on a coffee table with a bit superglued to the stripped screwdriver head. This was newly purchased superglue, not the ancient stuff used previously in an earlier post...

So, my SSDs arrived on the 28th. Both are brands that other PowerPC users have in recent years confirmed compatibility with the SATA in the G5 Macs. They are Netac and T-FORCE. Upon deciding which to insert into my PowerMac first, I randomly selected the Netac SSD, which I think is only sold on...

As I waited for my two SSDs to arrive for my PowerMac G5, I decided to take a detour. This is my PowerBook G4 5,8, the late-2005 15-inch model with 2GB of RAM and a 120GB hard drive ... and a non-functioning F7 key and a dead battery, the latter of which you can tell from the photograph...

Thanks for responding, The internal clock is operating normally. I don't get the typical message that goes something along the lines of, "the internal clock battery is not set. Date and time may not be accurate" disclaimer at startup. It remembers my date, time, and time zone. I checked within...

This is my iMac G5. It is the late-2005 17-inch "iSight" model with 2.5GB of RAM. Folks on MacRumors got 4.5GB of RAM to be registered on the 20-inch model, but I was unsure whether or not the same 4.5GB RAM mod could be applied to the 17-inch model as I didn't see anyone mention the 17-inch and...

This is what the retail Leopard DVD sees (or so far anything that ISN'T the USB enclosure): I plugged the OWC Electra 3G SSD in to the external USB enclosure at the request of @phunguss : The drive mounts to the desktop, appears in Disk Utility and in System Profiler successfully. There is...

It shouldn't be a surprise, but the retail Leopard DVD doesn't recognize the SSD either and only gives the option to install itself to the hard drive. OtherWorldComputing used to have a page recommending the OWC Electra 3G SSD as a great drive with guaranteed compatibility for all models of...

I performed another test by plugging in the SSD to the top drive bay, leaving the Apple hard drive in the bottom bay now knowing that my cable is not an issue. No modifications taken to the current setup. Turned on the PowerMac G5 and I am returned to the blank white screen with no Apple logo...

Let's try it. Hard drive out: Hard drive in: PowerMac G5 recognizes the drive and safely boots into 10.5.6 Leopard. System Profiler shows the hard drive is plugged in to the bottom drive "B" with no issues: That's why I continued under the assumption that my cables were at fault and...

FELLAS, I NEED YOUR HELP Alright, so one of the two SATA data cables I ordered has arrived. I know it's quite long and it looks humorous at this length, but I think this was the shortest they had available. aaaaand.... I get a kernel panic Here is what the kernel panic log shows in case...