I've messed with wine in the past (WAY back) and it did work much of the time. Might be worth trying again. As it is, I have a whole bunch of distributions set up using fake linux machines (grin... virtualbox.) I'm currently re-purposing a bunch of old hardware that will exit my house and end up in homes where they're needed, and every one of them will be running linux.
I like open indiana quite a lot too (aka opensolaris) but the linux community is actually alive. oi seems to be gasping comparatively. On Thu, Jun 15, 2017 at 2:26 AM, Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > I think you will find that WINE enables you to play most Windows games: > > https://appdb.winehq.org/ > > or you could just set your rig up to dual-boot. > > Richmond. > > > On 6/14/17 10:40 pm, Mike Bonner via use-livecode wrote: > >> If i didn't have things that I don't want to do without on windows, I >> would >> go solely linux. Alas i have to admit that even at my age.. I still play >> games that are only available on windows. (some could be shoehorned into >> linux in various ways but games can be very problematic) >> >> On Wed, Jun 14, 2017 at 1:02 PM, Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode < >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: >> >> It never ceases to amaze me how I manage to run the latest LC release via >>> Xubuntu >>> on a Pentium IV that is significantly older than my MacMini PPC and that >>> is significantly >>> older than my Polycarbonate Intel iMac: >>> >>> I am running LC 9 dp 6 on the Pentium IV . . . . >>> >>> admittedly this says buckets about Apple's policy of forcing hardware >>> upgrades by >>> messing around with both their OS and their hardware and nothing about >>> LiveCode. >>> >>> This really does say something very positive indeed about Linux. >>> >>> Richmond. >>> >>> On 6/14/17 8:31 pm, Mike Bonner via use-livecode wrote: >>> >>> I have a little macbook g4 running 10.4.11 and after going through the >>>> release notes, chose livecode 6.5.2 (the last version of lc that >>>> specifically says it will work with a macos that old) the machine has >>>> 1.25g of mem, and runs like a champ. >>>> >>>> On Wed, Jun 14, 2017 at 10:47 AM, Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode < >>>> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Thanks Kay C Lan, but I am after some slightly more obscure info: >>>> >>>>> the last version working on Mac OS 10.4.11 as my MacMini PPC does not >>>>> have suffiecient RAM to cope with 10.5.8 (and I am NOT going to pay for >>>>> more RAM for a machine that spends most of its time running a variety >>>>> of >>>>> emulators: BBC Micro, Amiga and Commodore). >>>>> >>>>> Richmond. >>>>> >>>>> On 6/14/17 10:24 am, Kay C Lan via use-livecode wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Can confirm that LC 6.6.5 will run on a PPC running Leopard 10.5.8. >>>>> >>>>>> On Tue, Jun 13, 2017 at 5:37 PM, Mark Waddingham via use-livecode >>>>>> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> 6.6.x I think was the last version to support PPC - 10.4+. >>>>>> >>>>>>> Mark >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On 13 Jun 2017, at 08:32, Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode < >>>>>>> >>>>>>> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I wonder (to save me trawling endlessly though release notes) if >>>>>>>> anyone can tell me the last LC version to run on Mac PPC? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Richmond. >>>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>>> use-livecode mailing list >>>>>>>> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >>>>>>>> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >>>>>>>> subscription preferences: >>>>>>>> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> use-livecode mailing list >>>>>>> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >>>>>>> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >>>>>>> subscription preferences: >>>>>>> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >>>>>>> >>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>> >>>>>> use-livecode mailing list >>>>>> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >>>>>> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >>>>>> subscription preferences: >>>>>> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> >>>>> use-livecode mailing list >>>>> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >>>>> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >>>>> subscription preferences: >>>>> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> >>>> use-livecode mailing list >>>> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >>>> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >>>> subscription preferences: >>>> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>> use-livecode mailing list >>> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >>> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >>> subscription preferences: >>> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >> use-livecode mailing list >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >> subscription preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >> > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode