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Sidde<p>Fantastic! <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/TotallyNormalComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TotallyNormalComputing</span></a> </p><p>Booting <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/MacOS9" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MacOS9</span></a> Installer from USB, and without even touching <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/OpenFirmware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenFirmware</span></a>. I really like the community for this kind of service! </p><p>'Mac OS 9.2.2 "boot kit" for booting your G3/G4 from an USB stick' by that-ben on Macintosh Repository just works out of the box! On a <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/powerpc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>powerpc</span></a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/G3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>G3</span></a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/ibook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ibook</span></a> with USB1.</p><p>And it was kinda fast to boot and install too. My <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/Powerbook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Powerbook</span></a> got some company now!.</p><p><a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Apple</span></a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/Macintosh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Macintosh</span></a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/PPC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PPC</span></a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/VintageMac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VintageMac</span></a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a></p>
Lubko Van Ape 🇺🇦<p>weekend timewaster<br><a href="https://metalhead.club/tags/OpenBoot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenBoot</span></a> <a href="https://metalhead.club/tags/OpenFirmware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenFirmware</span></a> <a href="https://metalhead.club/tags/Forth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Forth</span></a></p>
Thor A. Hopland<p>Well holy hell. <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/SecureBoot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SecureBoot</span></a> doesn't work when you got a firmware rootkit? Say it ain't so...!</p><p>Tell me again why <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/OpenFirmware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenFirmware</span></a> is a bad idea again?</p><p>The <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/SecretSauce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SecretSauce</span></a> fallacy keeps getting pummelled in the face, decade after decade.</p>
Patrick Georgi<p>So I finally plugged in the <a href="https://retro.social/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://retro.social/tags/PPC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PPC</span></a> Mac G4, and it booted into MacOS X 10.4.11, the newest release that supports the hardware.<br>Browsing the web is practically impossible because it only supports ancient cipher suites that web servers refuse to work with, for good reason. What else is there to do?</p><p>I guess the most useful environment on the system as is, is <a href="https://retro.social/tags/OpenFirmware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenFirmware</span></a>. (If I continue like that, IEEE1275 will be the majority firmware in this office)</p>
Legume<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/@aral" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>aral</span></a></span> </p><p>Reading the product page, the open source coreboot firmware and open warranty caught my eye. You can take apart the tablet, replace parts, and change the operating system without voiding the warranty... nice!</p><p><a href="https://lentil.social/tags/openwarranty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>openwarranty</span></a><br><a href="https://lentil.social/tags/openfirmware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>openfirmware</span></a></p>
Andres Salomon<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.art/@ratfactor" class="u-url mention">@<span>ratfactor</span></a></span> I&#39;m sad <a href="https://social.ridetrans.it/tags/OpenFirmware" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OpenFirmware</span></a> never caught on in the Linux space. It was a lot of fun to mess with on <a href="https://social.ridetrans.it/tags/OLPC" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OLPC</span></a> machines. Certainly much more fun than grub/u-boot/libreboot/etc.</p>
Vivian "Bigou"<p><span>Hello </span><a href="https://linuxrocks.online/@tuxedocomputers" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@tuxedocomputers@linuxrocks.online</a><span>, </span><a href="https://linuxrocks.online/@slimbook" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@slimbook@linuxrocks.online</a><span>, </span><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@system76" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@system76@fosstodon.org</a><span>/</span><a href="https://pixelfed.social/system76" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@system76@pixelfed.social</a><span>, </span><a href="https://social.librem.one/@purism" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@purism@social.librem.one</a><span>, </span><a href="https://mastodon.online/@novacustom" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@novacustom@mastodon.online</a><span>, </span><a href="https://social.marud.fr/@start9labs@mastodon.start9labs.com" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@start9labs@mastodon.start9labs.com</a><span> &amp; any other companies making </span><a href="https://social.marud.fr/tags/PC" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PC</a><span> with </span><a href="https://social.marud.fr/tags/Linux" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Linux</a><span> preinstalled roaming around on the </span><a href="https://social.marud.fr/tags/Fediverse" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fediverse</a><span>, I have a seemingly stupid question for all of you:<br><br>How come, as far as I&nbsp;know, none of you ever made any </span><a href="https://social.marud.fr/tags/2in1" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#2in1</a><span> </span><a href="https://social.marud.fr/tags/laptops" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#laptops</a><span>, like Acer's Spin series, HP's x360 laptops, a non negligible part of Lenovo's Yoga laptops, or a growing number of Chromebook?<br><br>Because I would buy such a Laptop, especially if it used </span><a href="https://social.marud.fr/tags/CoreBoot" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CoreBoot</a><span> (or a distro of it) as firmware. </span>😉<span><br><br>I mean, it's not like GNU/Linux didn't have some </span><a href="https://social.marud.fr/tags/DesktopEnvironment" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DesktopEnvironment</a><span> that would be great with a </span><a href="https://social.marud.fr/tags/touchscreen" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#touchscreen</a><span>, like </span><a href="https://social.marud.fr/tags/Gnome" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Gnome</a><span>, </span><a href="https://social.marud.fr/tags/UnityDE" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UnityDE</a><span> or </span><a href="https://social.marud.fr/tags/DeepinDE" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DeepinDE</a><span> to name a few.)<br><br><br></span><a href="https://social.marud.fr/tags/Linux_PC" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Linux_PC</a><span>, </span><a href="https://social.marud.fr/tags/Linux_laptop" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Linux_laptop</a><span>, </span><a href="https://social.marud.fr/tags/OpenFirmware" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpenFirmware</a><span>, </span><a href="https://firmware.network/users/coreboot" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@coreboot@firmware.network</a></p>
David Cantrell 🏏<p>I mean, <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/OpenFirmware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenFirmware</span></a> is so obviously superior. Grargh!</p>
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