Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Yellow Dog Linux 3.0.1 Available for Download

Posted by pudge on from the come-and-get-it dept.

macemoneta writes "Yellow Dog Linux 3.0.1 is now available for download, and includes HFS+ support with the 2.4.22-based kernel. Be nice and use a mirror!"

3 of 64 comments (clear)

  1. YDL and Debian. by saintlupus · · Score: 5, Informative

    I tried to do a minimal install of Yellow Dog 3.0 a while ago. On the very first apt-get dist-upgrade, there were unresolved dependencies. I hadn't installed anything except the bare minimum off of the install CDs, and the tree was already FUBAR. Anyone else seen this happen?

    Anyway, I ended up using Debian/PPC on the iBook instead. So it doesn't really matter. But YDL seems to be pretty easily broken if you choose anything but the "all that and the kitchen sink" option from the installer.

    --saint

  2. The YDL 2.4.22f kernel is patched against this vul by inchhigh · · Score: 5, Informative

    YDL already responded to this vulnerability by backporting the changes from 2.4.23 to 2.4.22. If you are using YDL 3.0.1 with the kernel marked 2.4.22f, you don't have to worry about this particular exploit.

  3. Yellow Dog is great for learning Linux by Canyon+Rat · · Score: 5, Informative

    I think Yellow Dog is a great Distro for learning Linux, mostly for non-technical reasons. It's a small distro that still has a sense of community. The lead developers can be found answering questions on the newbies list.

    Newbies leaning Linux are also well served starting with a Red Hatish distro because that's what they will encounter most out in the world.

    YDL also supports RPM, Apt-Get and Yum as package management tools so you can learn to master them all from one distro. Yum actually migrated from YDL to Fedora. I think it's the least painful package management system this side of OS X's drag and drop.