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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.

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  1. The opposite here by Otter · · Score: 4, Insightful
    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.

    My practice is to download ISOs and, if they work, to buy the next one. (With Linux, unlike in the MacOS world, you don't really *expect* things to work -- they're free and you take your chances.) I owe Yellow Dog one (2.1 worked on my Radeon TiBook after Mandrake, SuSE and Debian all failed). Besides, their mailing list is good and yup is nice once you get it reset properly. Definitely a "buy" for me.

    Mandrake went back to a download for my PC after 8.1, and 8.2 doesn't make me want to spend money on 8.3 either.

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  2. I don't get it. by CokeBear · · Score: 2

    Maybe I'm a clueless newbie when it comes to Unix/Linux/BSD related stuff, but why would anyone use Yellow Dog Linux when you have Mac OS X, and its fully supported developer environment, tools, and user base that is greater than all flavours of Linux combined?

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    1. Re:I don't get it. by Laplace · · Score: 2

      I have a Blue and White G3 at home. Have you tried to run OS X on hardware that old? It may look purty, but it is painfully slow. I run SuSE 7.3 with Windowmaker as my desktop. It runs fast, does everything that OS X does, and has a similar look and feel. I recently removed OS X from my hard drive.

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  3. 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.

  4. 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.