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Yellow Dog Linux 2.1 Shipping

Posted by timothy on from the oh-ess-what dept.

Durindana indicates this announcement of the newest version of Yellow Dog Linux, writing: "PowerPC fans, this is a big deal. YDL's certainly improved over its former state lately; hopefully 2.1 continues that trend. Does this make it the "best of class" (Mandrake's favorite term) for PPC?" There are at least four strong Linux-on-Mac contenders now, which is nice to see.

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  1. Why? by LoudMusic · · Score: 5, Insightful

    ... surely I'm not the first post ... am I?

    Why would anyone run Linux on a new Apple though? OSX will have so much more support and software availability than Linux on PPC ever could imagine. I see how YDL could be awsome on some older G3s (the beige ones that I have laying around at work), but there really can't be much demand for Linux on the new boxen. Can there?

    ~LoudMusic

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    1. Re:Why? by Queer+Boy · · Score: 5, Insightful

      One of the most obvious is that maybe some people want an ultra-modern operating system that runs just as well on hardware a few years old.

      Another reason may be to do some serious programming (serious meaning developing other tools, things like Apache and Gimp), where there are tons of free already ported and tested dev tools.

      There's a lot of support behind Linux, and not all that much behind Darwin right now. It all boils down to the right tool for the job.

      Some people just want to get behind something that is free (as in beer and speech) while having a stylish computer to do it.

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