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Yellow Dog Linux 2.2 Released

Posted by pudge on from the free-as-in-cheeseburger-today dept.

Gatton writes "Terra Soft has released version 2.2 of their Linux distribution for Apple hardware known as Yellow Dog. According to the website, a few of the features are: Red Hat 7.2-based system, 'ext3' graphical migration program, XFree86 4.2.0, KDE 2.2.2, Gnome 1.4 w/Nautilus & Evolution, improved modem & printer support, improved support for nVidia GeForce2 MX & ATI Radeon--including ADC digital. No ISOs, only SRPMs on the ftp site at the moment. Presumably it will be available for download soon." I bought two previous versions of YDL, but this time I am just going to download it, as I don't use it enough to warrant buying it, now that I primarily use Mac OS X as my "other" OS. And, darnit, I want to download it now.

2 of 37 comments (clear)

  1. Hardware support. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    Does OS X work on PowerMac 7300, 7500, 8400, 9600? Does OS X work on beige G3s? There are many, I repeat, MANY Macintoshes out there that Linux gives worthy life to.

    I use Yellow Dog 2.1 and have been VERY impressed. It is a mature, well-thought-out distro. My 7300/200 with Linux usually seems just as fast as my old G4/400 with OS X for day-to-day tasks.

  2. Update: Terra Soft is cool by Klox · · Score: 2, Informative

    I just wanted to update my little rant:

    The day after I posted this message, one of their support guys e-mailed me and, after a couple of e-mails, I was up and running. They are definately cool. No downloading ISOs for me: they deserve my money.