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 <jju...@gmail.com> wrote: > On May 18, 2021, at 12:45 PM, R. A. Cantrell <rac...@gmail.com> 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 imaclist@googlegroups.com > To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > 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 imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > 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 imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com 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 imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/imaclist/CA%2BrVfaXOALEKdBRhimK9GpAPE%2B_WqpCeYpaF%2BOVjKQtGrLRhNQ%40mail.gmail.com.
