My recently acquired Power Mac G5 sez it's time for a software upgrade!

My recently acquired Power Mac G5 sez it's time for a software upgrade!
It offered ILIFE Support 9.0.4, FRONT ROW UPDATE 2.1.7,MAC OS X UPDATE COMBINED 10.5.8 AND ITUNES 10.6.3!
WHEN I DOWNLOADED THE ABOVE ENHANCEMENTS Itunes and others would not open do to the current architecture!
I would like to bring this machine up to aq more modern Safari browser but again the current architecture is a issue...
Currently, this is what I am working with....
Hardware Overview:
  Model Name: Power Mac G5
  Model Identifier: PowerMac7,2
  Processor Name: PowerPC 970  (2.2)
  Processor Speed: 1.8 GHz
  Number Of CPUs: 1
  L2 Cache (per CPU): 512 KB
  Memory: 1.5 GB
  Bus Speed: 900 MHz
  Boot ROM Version: 5.0.5f0
  Serial Number: YM******NVR
Any opinions are welcomed!
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Hello,
As far as Browsers...
TenFourFox is the most up to date browser for our PPCs, they even have G4 & G5 optimized versions...
http://www.floodgap.com/software/tenfourfox/
I'd avoid vesrion 24 though, as it no longer supports plug-ins like Flash.
http://code.google.com/p/tenfourfox/downloads/list
SeaMonkey seems pretty fast also, with many options...
http://www.seamonkey-project.org/
http://www.seamonkey-project.org/releases/
Might also look into iCab & OmniWeb versions.

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