OS/2 Warp, PowerPC Edition

Re:OS/2 Warp, PowerPC Edition by codetrotter on Friday October 20, 2023 @05:19AM (#37953931)

Maybe he would appreciate a computer with this updated version of OS/2 https://hackaday.com/2023/02/16/arcaos-os-2-updated-for-the-...

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Re:OS/2 Warp, PowerPC Edition by hexagonwin on Friday October 20, 2023 @09:49AM (#37955948)

Sadly ArcaOS isn't so usable nowadays. The biggest issue is that an ancient version of Firefox is the only viable option for a web browser.

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Re:OS/2 Warp, PowerPC Edition by Koshkin on Friday October 20, 2023 @10:55AM (#37956966)

When usability == browsing Amazon...

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Re:OS/2 Warp, PowerPC Edition by anthonyhn on Saturday October 21, 2023 @10:08AM (#37966896)

>The biggest issue is that an ancient version of Firefox is the only viable option for a web browser.

There was some work done on porting Palemoon, Otter Browser, and QtWebEngine to ArcaOS. A preview version of a QtWebEngine-based browser[0] was available for download and may work with newer websites (given QtWebEngine is based on Chromium), but I have not tested it myself.

[0] https://www.os2world.com/cms/index.php/past-news/80-news/sof...

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Re:OS/2 Warp, PowerPC Edition by Lammy on Friday October 20, 2023 @02:03PM (#37959443)

I run it on a ThinkPad X61 and it is very fun

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