Linux For PowerPC

Hi! I recently got a PowerMac G5 for pretty cheap and for the past couple days I've been trying to get it onto a version of linux. Now I'm not Linux expert and neither is my friends but we've tried everything that we can think of and nothing. We've tried to install Lubuntu and Debian but the furthest we've gotten was with a disc with Lubuntu 14.04. It finished installing so I go through the Boot Picker and go to the linux hard drive, and it waits a minute, then goes back to the boot picker except all the icons are messed up, and it wouldn't let me boot back to MacOS until I restarted the computer. I know that PowerPC isn't exactly supported by much anymore but that's why I was trying to get older versions on it. But I cannot seem to get it to work! Can someone please help???

My PowerMac model is the PowerMac G5 7,3, 2ghz, 1gb-RAM, air cooled. Can someone help find a version of linux that will actually install and work? Or is this gonna be like a project I did with a iMac 2007 that wouldn't run windows at all?

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I thought I was in love, but she had BAGGAGE!

I work on Windows computers for a long time. Now i'm interested in doing web development. I researched linux distros and settled in one distro that I really like, after installing it and playing with it and reading some articles about the distro, I come to find out there is some controversy about the distro (Deepin). I really want to switch but my professional mind tells me this is to risky, so Ive looked Manjaro Deepin, but to me it dont compare to deepin, so what you tell me to help?

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Memory Footprint of GUI Toolkits
https://szibele.com/memory-footprint-of-gui-toolkits/

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Cool, but obscure X11 tools
https://cyber.dabamos.de/unix/x11/

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Japanese anime studio Khara moving to Blender
https://www.blender.org/user-stories/japanese-anime-studio-khara-moving-to-blender/

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[web browsing] play locally / download video/audio with minimal keystrokes

Hi guys, i wrote QoL pseudo-keybinding noscripts which use xclip, youtube-dl and mpv that might help you folks who use Vivium/Vimperator/Tridactyl and other Vim-like browsing users to play tube links in MPV, or download the audio/video.

[https://github.com/philc/vimium/issues/2916#issuecomment-521987897](https://github.com/philc/vimium/issues/2916#issuecomment-521987897)

eg. : downloading XXX album

1. w/ Duckduckgo, search on Youtube "!yt XXX album"
2. w/ Vimium: press 'yf' and select the link to be copied
3. \`Super+M\` will notify and download the playlist to the right directory.

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kdevops: a devops framework for Linux kernel development
https://people.kernel.org/mcgrof/kdevops-a-devops-framework-for-linux-kernel-development

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Distro hop from your browser...

From Discover on Google https://www.linuxinsider.com/story/86178.html

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wev: a Wayland analogue to X11's xev
https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/wayland-devel/2019-August/040796.html

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Weekend Fluff / Linux in the Wild Thread - August 16, 2019

Welcome to the weekend! This stickied thread is for you to post pictures of your ubuntu 2006 install disk, slackware floppies, on-topic memes or more.

When it's not the weekend, be sure to check out r/WildLinuxAppears or r/linuxmemes!

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Another round of Mutter performance works
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/mutter/merge_requests/719

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While having to benchmark a nginx server, I wrote a Python noscript that makes some graphs from the output of vmstat. Maybe it is useful to someone.
https://tuxstash.de/gist/2019/08/16/vmstatvis-py.html

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[Tutorial for beginners] How to install and use GnuPG on GNU/Linux

Hello, friends!

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If you are worried about your personal/professional documents and want to keep them safe, I'd like to recommend the software *"GnuPrivacy Guard"* (a.k.a *GnuPG* or *GPG*).

But, first things first. I don't want to be rude, but I am presuming that you have a GNU/Linux distribution installed into your computer, and that you have the basic knowledge on how to use your system, install a package using graphical and command line interface, how to use the terminal etc. I recommend to use Internet to learn about GNU/Linux before continue with this simple tutorial.

GnuPG is a software that complies with OpenPGP standard, modelled on a program called *Pretty Good Privacy* (*PGP*). PGP is a program written by Philip R. Zimmermann in 1991.

An additional information you need to know is that GPG needs 2 encryption keys for each user. They are: private key and public key. The private key is used to encrypt, while the other key, public key, is used to decrypt. Also, your keys are going to storage your name, your e-mail, a password and a comment that explains, in few words, the purpose of these keys.

Let's start with the software installation. Open a terminal and type this command:

For Debian/Ubuntu and Debian-based distributions

sudo apt install gnupg

For RedHat/Fedora and RedHat-based distributions

sudo yum install gnupg

Once installed, let's create and use your new keys. In a terminal, type:

gpg --full-generate-key
gpg --full-gen-key # Command with abbreviated/short parameter

https://i.redd.it/6agjpes16wg31.png

The first prompt wants to know which option you want. Let's select the option number 1, which is the default. You can press **ENTER** without type any value.

The next prompt asks for the key size. What is key size? In simple words, it's about the security level/force of your keys. You can pick the default option pressing **ENTER** or any other value between 1024 and 4096 bits.

https://i.redd.it/bu4pceq36wg31.png

Now, let's define for how long these GPG keys are going to be valid. Using the list bellow as a reference, you can choose days, weeks, months and years. My recommendation is 1 year. So, you can type: **365** **ENTER** (or) **1y** **ENTER**

https://i.redd.it/q128em756wg31.png

As soon as you pick an option, the following prompt asks to confirm. Type **Y** and press **ENTER.**

https://i.redd.it/63o6yj396wg31.png

The next step is to insert your personal information. In the last line (Change name, comment...), you can use uppercase or lowercase letters.

https://i.redd.it/egljr45b6wg31.png

This is one of the most important part of GPG keys creation: the password. It's extremely recommended to use a strong password. Strong passwords are passwords combining uppercase/lowercase letters, numbers and special characters, e.g.: Th1s\_1s\_@\_STr0nG\_P@ssW0rd

https://i.redd.it/s1o6eovd6wg31.png

As soon as you press "OK", GnuPG is going to take a moment to create your keys. Don't worry about the time, just wait. The last thing you are going to see is the following information.

https://i.redd.it/moe7ceo69wg31.png

Voilá! You created your keys.

Using the same terminal, you can list your keys:

gpg --list-key # You can use '--list-keys' in plural; the output is the same
gpg -k # Command with abbreviated/short parameter

https://i.redd.it/yntsp5ki6wg31.png

Now, let's start with the encryption and decryption steps of a file. In the terminal, create a simple TXT file:

echo "This is a secret message!" > example.txt
cat example.txt

https://i.redd.it/yaem8xqs6wg31.png

As you can see, a file with a message was created. You can open it with a simple notepad. To encrypt it, type:

gpg --recipient <YOUR_EMAIL> --encrypt example.txt
gpg -r <YOUR_EMAIL> -e example.txt # Command with abbreviated/short parameter

Once you press **ENTER**, the file **"example.txt"** will be encrypted as **"example.txt.gpg"**. If you try to read it using the command **"cat"**,

you are going to see strange characters in your screen.

cat example.txt.gpg

Another option is to encrypt all the information in a readable file. To do this, you must add the parameter `--armor` or `--armour` (sort version `-a`), and the output file will be **"example.txt.asc"** You can read it using the command **"cat"** or a simple notepad.

gpg --recipient <YOUR_EMAIL> --encrypt --armour example.txt
gpg --recipient <YOUR_EMAIL> --encrypt --armor example.txt
gpg -r <YOUR_EMAIL> -e -a example.txt # Command with abbreviated/short parameters

https://i.redd.it/vy35j36w6wg31.png

You learned how to encrypt, but how about the decrypt method? It's simple! You need to replace `--encrypt` or `-e` by `--decrypt` or `-d`, and add the parameter `--output` or `-o` followed by the filename. But there's a detail, the output parameter needs to come before the decrypt parameter. Also, it doesn't matter if you encrypted a file as *.GPG* or *.ASC*, the GnuPG is going to decrypt both. Before learn how to decrypt, I'd like to ask you to delete the file **"example.txt"** and keep any encrypted file (example.txt.gpg / example.txt.asc).

gpg --recipient <YOUR_EMAIL> --output example.txt --decrypt example.txt.gpg
gpg -r <YOUR_EMAIL> -o example.txt -d example.txt.gpg # Command with abbreviated/short parameters

In this moment, a password window is asking for your GnuPG password. Once you typed the correct password, your file is going to be decrypted.

https://i.redd.it/kc0zcio07wg31.png

Well... This is all, folks!

For more information about GnuPG, you can access the official website [GnuPG](https://gnupg.org)

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Alarm as Trump Requests Permanent Reauthorization of NSA Mass Spying Program Exposed by Snowden
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/08/16/alarm-trump-requests-permanent-reauthorization-nsa-mass-spying-program-exposed

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David Heinemeier Hansson (creator of Ruby on Rails) publicly attacks Linux and the Free Software community
https://youtu.be/VBwWbFpkltg?t=3408

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New Series -- GNOME Land -- Episode 01
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdwocBKtnNQ

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When/Why do you choose a non-copyleft licence over the (L)GPL?

I'm interested in finding out why people use non-copyleft licences for new projects. I found some ideas on when a different licence might be useful at [https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-recommendations.html](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-recommendations.html#contributing) but I have seen new 'independent' projects using licences which would allow others to take their work to proprietary software and screwing with the FLOSS ideas of the creators and contributors. Btw do you have examples for such practices?

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Rhythmbox is in need of maintainers and contributors
https://mail.gnome.org/archives/rhythmbox-devel/2019-July/msg00001.html

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Flatpak via Tor

Is it possible to install and update flatpaks through Tor?

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/e/ is now selling refurbished smartphones with /e/ pre-installed
https://e.foundation/e-pre-installed-refurbished-smartphones/

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