What computer/OS are you using?

Chocofreak13 · December 15, 2011, 08:11:55 PM

it's gonna be tough getting software for quincy. the way i've heard it, mac programs change as often as the OS does. :\

Krizonar · December 15, 2011, 09:07:55 PM

Mac programs haven't changed architecture in a good 7 years now, Tiger uses the same program architecture as Lion does, you'll be fine.

Nichi · December 15, 2011, 09:11:43 PM

Well, she's running Panther; which makes things trickier. But, Firefox 2.0.0.20 runs great on Sonata, and you can still obtain a version of Skype that's compatible with Panther, so Quincy shouldn't have a problem ^_^

Krizonar · December 15, 2011, 09:42:40 PM

Ah, so she's a PowerPC Mac from the old age.

There's still lots of universal software, which works fine on either, as stated earlier.

For example, this version of Skype ( http://www.skype.com/intl/en/get-skype/on-your-computer/macosx/2-8/ ) works fine on Panther (works on 5 different Operating Systems in fact, lawlz) and it's actually the version I use on my computer too, since Skype 5 is so ugly they did a design content for the next version.

In further note though, Mac programs being incompatible with each other is highly exaggerated. A G4 Mac from 2002 will take the latest version of iWork and will sync with an iPhone 4S. They tend to be pretty dang compatible.

Chocofreak13 · December 15, 2011, 11:29:58 PM

but that's not the problem, guys. the problem is that Quincy's likely going to be downgraded to his original OS: OS9. :\

Nichi · December 15, 2011, 11:42:19 PM

Well, Skype is out of the question, but there is a semi-decent web browser for it. Go look up Classilla (I think I spelled that right); it's not too bad

But, my suggested setup would be like on Sonata; use OS9 as your main, and have a fresh install of Panther setup as a secondary OS. I can provide discs for both ^_^

Chocofreak13 · December 15, 2011, 11:46:11 PM

um....no. sounds nice, but Quincy has a whole 6gb to work with for his drive. a second OS is out of the question.

Krizonar · December 15, 2011, 11:52:02 PM

Hm, Mac OS 9 is pretty dang old, there is quite a heap of software for it still though.

Nichi · December 15, 2011, 11:56:14 PM

@Kari: Again, so does Sonata, but as long as you drop a lot of unneeded software from Panther during installation, you can fit both on the same drive with plenty of room for software

Chocofreak13 · December 16, 2011, 12:05:55 AM

hm, ok. it's gonna be a bit down the line anyway, so we'll see how it goes then.

Red-Machine · December 16, 2011, 04:36:46 AM

Quote from: Krizonar on December 15, 2011, 06:13:12 PMWhat would you use Rosetta for in this day and age?

I'd use it for games that never got universal binaries.

Krizonar · December 16, 2011, 05:29:55 AM

I guess that's fair enough.

Nichi · December 18, 2011, 10:50:46 AM

So, anyone here know anything about working with Fedora?

I tried to install Skype on Fedora 16, but somehow it screwed up; trying to start it brings up an error of "No such file", trying to uninstall it is impossible (It's not listed in the package manager), and trying to reinstall it is also impossible (It claims Skype is already installed). Any help?

Bella · December 18, 2011, 10:52:39 AM

I've never worked with Fedora 16 or any other version, maybe ask Pitkin-sama? I'm pretty sure she and Fedora-Tan use that OS on a regular basis.

Nichi · December 18, 2011, 10:59:38 AM

Yeah, I could ask her sometime later, since she mentioned Fedora-tan uses the exact same version that I am (16 w\ XFCE)

Also, come to think of it, being able to set GRUB to boot to Windows 7 by default would be nice; since that's my main OS

EDIT: I have Skype working now ^_^