groundliner
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Q: How to use my old iBook - unix for what?

I have an iBook with Mac OS X 10.0.4. And a 40 GB HD.

 

Temporarily I have used it as a webserver, but I think it's shame that I can't use it for something better.

 

Do anyone of you have ideas for how to put it to use as a server of some kind? Or something.

 

(Is harware is ok apart from a few minor problems.)

 

Thanks!

 

/groundliner

iBook, Mac OS X (10.0.x)

Posted on Jul 31, 2013 12:21 AM

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Q: How to use my old iBook - unix for what?

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  • by Carolyn Samit,Helpful

    Carolyn Samit Carolyn Samit Jul 31, 2013 12:24 AM in response to groundliner
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    Jul 31, 2013 12:24 AM in response to groundliner

    I'm running v10.4.11 on my iBook G4 60GB hard drive.

     

    Why not just run Tiger ?

  • by groundliner,

    groundliner groundliner Jul 31, 2013 12:44 AM in response to Carolyn Samit
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    Jul 31, 2013 12:44 AM in response to Carolyn Samit

    I have no plans to upgrade the OS.

     

    The CD has started to have problems. And it's no DVD drive...

     

    So I thought that some nice Unix server activity could be better. 

     

    /groundliner

  • by Carolyn Samit,Helpful

    Carolyn Samit Carolyn Samit Jul 31, 2013 12:46 AM in response to groundliner
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    Jul 31, 2013 12:46 AM in response to groundliner

    A server on an iBook G4 may be really slow.

  • by groundliner,

    groundliner groundliner Jul 31, 2013 2:20 AM in response to Carolyn Samit
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    Jul 31, 2013 2:20 AM in response to Carolyn Samit

    I am a bit used to Unix things, but I'm no experienced admin.

     

    So I just thought that I'd find something useful to run on my old IBook.

     

    I think that I have a Developer CD, maybe. But a better idea is if I can download some binaries for whatever.

     

    I then would be thankful for what old software should be interesting, also maybe just for a test. Such as sendmail, although I have no idea what that would give, more than some knowledge. I suspect that would be too complex for me. Earlier I had some Mac SMTP software, I think. Maybe system 9.

     

    But I also do not know how easy it is to lay hands on old binaries. I have searched for other old things on the Internet, that seems hard to get hold of.

     

    Thankful for all ideas!

     

    /groundliner