Tenfourfox 13 & Tenfourfox 10.0.5

I forgot to mention that Tenfourfox 13 & Tenfourfox 10.0.5 were released a few weeks ago.

In case you didn't know, Tenfourfox is a Firefox derivative browser for PPC Macs running Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger and Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard for G3, G4 and G5-- each with a specialized tweaked version for each processor.

Tenfourfox 13 is the latest and greatest and is in the unstable branch and Tenfourfox 10.0.5 is a maintainence release of Tenfourfox 10 and is in the stable branch.

Tenfourfox homepage: http://www.floodgap.com/software/tenfourfox/

Tenfourfox 13 download here:
 G3 version: G3
G4 version: 7400, 7450
G5 version: G5

 Tenfourfox 10.0.5 can be downloaded here:
G3: TenFourFox for G3 processors
G4 :TenfourFox for older version of G4 CPU7400, and newer version of G4 CPU7450 ("G4e"), and G5: TenFourFox for G5 processors

And you can read about Tenfourfox development on the developer's blog:

http://tenfourfox.blogspot.com/

Enjoy :)

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An alternative OS for older PowerPC Macs- MintPPC

I got an older iMac G3 600 Mhz, 1GB ram, Rage 128 Ultra 16MB GPU and it runs Mac OSX Tiger ok but kinda slow.  I have been researching other OSes to put on this machine that would make it snappy like Mac OS 9-- but I don't want outdated OSes like Mac OS 9 or Mac OS X Panther.  I thought of the various distros of Linux that runs on the PowerPC-- Ubuntu 11.10 and its various flavors like Xubuntu or Lubuntu (might be a bit sluggish on a G3 from what i read,) Yellow Dog Linux (a pretty good distro tailored to PPC machines,) but i got to say, Mint PPC won me over because this distro is built and tweaked to run on PPC machines and it is the fastest Linux distro for PPC machines.

Mint PPC is light weight, fast and snappy and there is a dedicated community built around it! It has user forums to answer questions and to troubleshoot problems. I got my eyes on Mint PPC 11.

It seems easy enough to setup and run. Instructions are provided on the Mint PPC website incase a problem should arise.

Remember, it is free! Mac OS X Tiger's days might be numbered on the iMac G3. . . if not maybe it will dual boot between Mac OS X Tiger and Linux Mint PPC.

There is a whole new world out there in the open source community and Linux!  There are tons of free software for Linux-- productivity apps, creativity apps, education apps, games-- you name it!

Linux Mint PPC is definitely gonna breathe new life into this iMac G3! I've watched a few videos on Mint PPC running on a G3 on youtube and i read reviews of Linux Mint PPC and they are all positive reviews.

If anyone is interested, the url to Linux Mint PPC:
http://www.mintppc.org/

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I am using TenFourFox 12 and loving it!

Tenfourfox 12, the unstable branch of Tenfourfox which recently came out is fairly stable.  In case you didn't know, Tenfourfox is based on Firefox and Tenfourfox 12 is based on Firefox 12.  I am using Tenfourfox 12 with the https everywhere extension and it is a great web browser for us PowerPC Mac users.  It runs pretty well on my Dual 867 Mhz G4 running Mac OSX Leopard and my Dual 450 Mhz G4 running Tiger. For people who aren't brave enough to run an unstable branch of Tenfourfox, they could run Tenfourfox 10.0.4.  The developers of Tenfourfox stated that Tenfourfox 11-16 will be unstable branches while Tenfourfox 10 will be the stable branch. So there you have it.

Tenfourfox unstable branches will introduce new features vs. the stable branch which will address bug fixes.  For me, I rather use the unstable branch due to the geek in me.  And yeah, i turned off all the plugins (which isn't officially supported in Tenfourfox because of security reasons due to plugins no longer being updated by their developers- and flash video . . . well just use html 5 which is better anyways and not have to worry about vulnerabilities in our outdated flash player.)

I can't wait to see Tenfourfox 13 and wonder what improvements and new features that has to offer!

Get Tenfourfox 12 here:
http://tenfourfox.blogspot.com/

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Excited about the future of Firefox derivatives like Tenfourfox on Macs!

Tenfourfox 10.0.3 has been released  a while already and Tenfourfox's future looks very promising! Tenfourfox 11 and so forth will be under their developers' unstable branch and Tenfourfox 12 will add more speed to our PowerPC Macs. I read in the Tenfourfox development blog that the developers might release another derivative of firefox for Mac OSX 10.5 only, with benefits like hardware video acceleration and support for older Intel Macs left behind by Apple Inc. They also are developing a Tenfourbird email client based on Thunderbird for our beloved older Macs.

With active development for our older Macs like Tenfourfox, i can get by a little bit longer before i make the jump to an Intel Mac when i start school.

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Thank you to the developers of TenFourFox!

I am a PowerPC user and i own a PowerMac G4 MDD Dual 867Mhz (with 2 gb ram & radeon 9000 pro, running Mac OSX 10.5.8 Leopard,) a PowerMac G4 AGP 400 Mhz  (with 896mb & nvidia geforce4mx running Mac OSX 10.4.11 Tiger,) a PowerMac G4 Dual 450MHz (with 2 gb ram & nvidia geforce4mx running Mac OSX10.4.11 Tiger,) and a iMac special edition G3 600Mhz (with 1gb ram & rage 128ultra runnning Mac OSX 10.4.11)

My machines are "vintage" but still very usable.  The Safari web browser is no longer being updated by Apple for PowerPC Macs but TenFourFox, a variant of the FireFox web browser is, and they stay in sync with the Mozilla Firefox releases and TenFourFox has 4 versions for PowerPC processors, one for the G3, two versions for the G4, and one version for the G5 and you will need Mac OSX Tiger or Mac OS X Leopard to run it.  I have been using TenFourFox from the beginning and i love it!  My PowerMac MDD can handle flash video but my other machines can't handle it so well (unless i lower the resolution to 240p in youtube) but tenfourfox along with the flashvideoreplacer set to use quicktime as a playback method plays videos super smooth on youtube.

So if you still use a powerpc mac and you are running at least Mac OSX Tiger, download Tenfourfox and give it a try!  the url is: http://www.floodgap.com/software/tenfourfox/


Plugins are off by default but you could turn them on by entering the config and changing the values of the plugins to TRUE and the plugins will then be turned on.

My PowerPC Macs will keep on rocking for the near future!

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