Help upgrading OS X 10.4.11 to whatever is possible?!

I would like to upgrade to a later operating system, as things are starting to not work in 10.4.11.
However it looks like without an Intel Processor I am only able to upgrade to 10.5.
Is this true and if so is there any point or is 10.5 out of date now too?
Is my computer just so old its not worth bothering (I don't really have funds to buy a new one so I feel Im a bit stuck!)
Power Mac G5, Mac OS X (10.4.11), Dual 2.5 GHz PowerPC G5. Memory 2.5 BG DDR SDRAM
I am a bit of a dinosaur I admit! The reason I have not upgraded so far is I always seem to destroy key functions when I do anything technical!
Thanks

lisaatcreativesofa wrote:
Thanks for your reply. When you say it will be unsupported later this year, what does that actually mean in real terms? Does it mean that updates of various softwares will no longer work with it, like the problems I am starting to experience now. eg. I cannot upgrade to the latest version of firefox etc. So would I perhaps be buying myself just a few months more time before I have the same problems again? Thanks.
IMO Leopard has not been supported for the past year, in terms of security updates etc, but that does not stop it working!
You (and I) can only run applications that are written for PPC Macs, and they will continue to run as well.
As for Firefox, there is PPC version called TenFourFox, which actually works better with some Flash sites than Safari:
I cannot watch flash videos on the BBC website or on BBC iPlayer, although all other flash videos (YouTube for example) are fine.
For reasons that passeth all understanding, they work with the PPC version of Firefox, called TenFourFoxG5.app, once you have anabled plug-ins, as it does not natively support Flash.
You can download TenFourFoxG5 from here:
http://www.floodgap.com/software/tenfourfox/
Now for the intersting bit: TenFourFox, like Firefox, does not support most plug-ins. Unless you are prone to headaches (in which case don't) you can read about that here:
http://code.google.com/p/tenfourfox/wiki/PluginsNoLongerSupported
But there is a workaround!
Open TenFourFox and type in the address bar: about:config (no spaces) and click return. This gives you a warning that it might harm the application. Ignore that and click on 'I'll be careful, I promise' and you get the config file that you can edit - with great care.
Look/search (scroll down) for: tenfourfox.plugins.enabled
Set it to true. (Double click it to toggle it)
Now close TenFourFox, open it again, and Flash will now work, as it now uses the plug-ins that Safari has stored.
I am using Flash 10.1.102.64 in TenFourFox and it works just fine.
You are correct about Skype. Skype (v.5 or later) is for Intel Macs only.
The version for PPC Macs is v. 2.8.0.866 which you get from this link:
http://en.softonic.com/author/skype
Just scroll down until you find it, or possibly this direct link will get you there a bit quicker:
http://www.skype.com/go/getskype-macosx-2.8.dmg

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