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Aside from wifi, Debian 12.4 installed out of the box for me on my powermac g5. I also had issues with FF not working like Sean did but you can get dillo or SeaLion 32.5.1 or iirc Arcticfox 43.1 for web. I unwisely chose Mate which was kinda sluggish and don't really recommend it. Disabling...

I haven't had to do this myself but from what I read online from some old forum posts, there is a focus and brightness manual adjustment on the back left corner of the imac g3 tray loader. You'd need to take the back shell off but you'd see two adjusters there for the crt. If I can find the...

I do help my Mom and Dad (74 & 81) alot with their technology but I know my folks feel guilty about asking me to help with a busy family wife job kiddos etc, so my Dad tries to use customer services as much as possible to help navigate topics he needs help with. Inevitably, as folks get older it...

My parents are an interesting boomer specimen as my mom does not trust and will not use digital banking or investing services in any capacity. I mean with the slew of known information breaches, (over 2000 in 2023 with 235mil affected) how can you blame her. I think running a traditional book of...

I’ve been meaning to build a website for my collection and anything else I want to put in there. I figure I’ll eventually get around to it one of these days. I pretty much have the majority of my collection committed to memory as I try to keep it relatively tidy, in one room and my garage. Once...

Definitely good advice. If I sat on that, I’d squish the G5s poor little legs like an accordion without tight wood inserts.

Nice fix. I had the same issue albeit a smaller crack more along the top edge and I used epoxy to secure it. That was about 4 years ago. I was worried about it being off balance but the repair really didnt impact the balance of the fan at all. Its a noisy as any of my others LOL :)

My Blue & white has a zip in it, yeah it is a 100. I have a couple external zips. It would be fun to pop one of those open, stick the guts into my QS, run the usb to my internal usb2 port on my pci card and cobble together a power cable and run it off the psu. That would be a fun project.

I wish we had a freegeek in my neck of the woods but we dont so I am a habitual free-CL checker. I scooped a sad QS for $10 which was in parts a while back, put it back together and it booted right up. I also picked up two "take em or theyre going to recycling" imacg4s (a 15 and 17) which both...

Sweet, no rush finding them but I'll absolutely take them off your hands for you if they're taking up space. I'll need to scoop some drives off ebay first but saw a couple good multi unit buys.

Last time I checked about a month or so ago, shipping across the pond was gross so if I can find a domestic source that is the way I'll go. I was going to send a imac g3 slot loader ram cover to another TDer in the UK but heck the cheapest shipping (UPS, USPS, Fedex, DHL etc.) I could find for a...

I have not but I will. I am planning to install a zip250 in my quicksilver but I’ll need to buy a bezel (or maybe I could have one 3d printed?) and I’d like to stick one in my graphite as well but again I’ll need a bezel.

Love it :) Thank you for sharing!

I have not been able to. Install flashdrives & PPC are such a pita lol. That is why I ended up using a known good USB super drive to boot physical installation media. Definitely a cop out of sorts but I was tired and just needed to get it done lol. The drive I use when I need to install to a...

This is a great approach. On past boards I was a part of, there was a hired, 3rd party team that answered to the treasurer directly but also the board and provided the budgeting data needed to project future initiatives (amongst other necessary tasks), so with such a sensitive, potentially TD...

Mechanically, this is how I would envision how an IT term of 3 years would look. This would produce one year of potential onboarding overlap/redundancy if needed. I am not in IT so am unsure if this overlap is realistic thus would be needed but it makes sense to me to have a chunk of time to...

At 44 yay to 5 nay, I think it is pretty clear that the community sees the functional logic in and stands in favor of extending term limits. I believe that directly related to that is the issue of adjusting term limits perhaps to not require a one year gap but with the requirement being that a...

I agree with much of this sentiment. It is a very realistic view of where TD truly is and in order to grow and thrive, where else TD can plant their flag out of the shadow of the larger, tenured sites. My thoughts on the removal of the vendor sites have changed, aligning more with yours...

That would be great. I should source a few for my Powermacs. I was actually considering also a magneto drive like what Kai put in one of his Powermacs.

That makes great sense as well but it is IMO a boards job to act on behalf of the community fundamentally & feedback is part of that. How that feedback is given is not of significant consequence to a boards ability to respond. I do understand well what a heavy lift opening a retail component can...