On Thu, Jun 8, 2017 at 10:56 AM, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> Richmond wrote: > > > So, backwards compatibility does not interest you? > > > > I, for one, run Mac Machines running MacOS 10.4 PPC. > > > > A lot of these machine are being dumped in poor countries where they > > can be used for good purposes. > > I can appreciate the desire to get full life out of hardware, and indeed > it would be nice of Apple continued supporting older machines. > > But the choice to stop supporting older hardware and OS versions is > Apple's, not LiveCode's. > > Moreover, there is a solution available to extend the life of > otherwise-unsupported hardware: Linux. > > Using a supported version of an OS that's receiving critical security > patches along with other updates is the safest choice, and one that could > not be more economical given a purchase price for most Linux distros of > zero. > > For hardware that old you may find Lubuntu more satisfying than Ubuntu or > other distros with steeper RAM and graphics requirements. Both Alejandro > and myself use Lubuntu and have found LiveCode runs quite well on it. > > In fact, if you use my LiveNet plugin (bundled in the IDE; see Development > -> Plugins -> GoLiveNet) the feeds on the second card there are aggregated, > packaged, and posted every five minutes by a LiveCode app running on my > Lubuntu box. > > You can find more info on Lubuntu for PPC here: > <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PowerPCDownloads> > > -- > Richard Gaskin > Fourth World Systems > Software Design and Development for the Desktop, Mobile, and the Web > ____________________________________________________________________ > ambassa...@fourthworld.com http://www.FourthWorld.com But even with PPC Linux to revive old hardware, if LiveCode usage is your end game, there isn't a PPC Linux version (or is there?). ~Roger _______________________________________________ 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
