Liam Proven

1 week ago | theregister.com | Liam Proven

The first Intel-based Mac was 19 years ago, but new versions of apps for both Classic Mac OS and PowerPC Mac OS X still occasionally appear, and we are here for it. Most recently, some new internet tools emerged for those determined enough to try to get a vintage Mac on the World Wide Web in the 2020s. First, we thought we'd try to make you feel old. The last new version of Classic Mac OS was 9.2.2, released December 5, 2001.

1 week ago | theregister.com | Liam Proven

In these days of multi-gig OSes, we cast our eyes back to something both much bigger and much smaller. The Reg FOSS desk only recently came across interesting news about a very cool project: Jürgen Müller's LittleGP-30, a 2017 recreation on an FPGA of the Librascope LGP-30, a seminal early computer from the 1950s. What especially tickled our fancy is that the tiny replica is complete with a nearly full-sized version of the desk-sized original's controls.

1 week ago | theregister.com | Liam Proven

In the 2020s you might be forgiven for having forgotten that such a thing as a native chat client exists, but a handful still do and they're still useful. One of these is Pidgin, the artist formerly known as GAIM. It is still around and still works with a surprising number of protocols – and after the current, second alpha version, Pidgin 3 itself will soon arrive. The thing is, it has been coming for a long time now – the project has been underway for about 16 years.

1 week ago | lxer.com | Liam Proven

After five years, the extremely experimental GoboLinux project is springing back to life with a new maintainer and a new release. Nine years after its last major release, GoboLinux returns, with a new release, version 017, and a new project maintainer. Until now, Gobo was under the stewardship of founder Hisham Muhammad, a Brazilian developer whose most famous project is probably the popular htop process viewer.

1 week ago | theregister.com | Liam Proven

After five years, the extremely experimental GoboLinux project is springing back to life with a new maintainer and a new release. Nine years after its last major release, GoboLinux returns, with a new release, version 017, and a new project maintainer. Until now, Gobo was under the stewardship of founder Hisham Muhammad, a Brazilian developer whose most famous project is probably the popular htop process viewer.