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Yellow Dog Linux v4.0 Released

Posted by michael on from the here-boy dept.

worm eater writes "On September 29, Terra Soft Solutions delivered the final release of Yellow Dog Linux v4.0 to their CD manufacturer. It is currently available for download by ydl.net subscribers. Yellow Dog Linux v4.0 is built upon Fedora Core 2, offering both KDE 3.3 and GNOME 2.6.0 desktops with an all new presentation for both the Installer and post-installed desktop environment. Expanded USB support includes many cameras, printers, adapters, and storage devices. FireWire support is now built-in with bootable FireWire made possible through manual configuration. Mac-On-Linux offers the ability to run Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X and now offers automatic network configuration."

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  1. Hmmm by bgackle · · Score: 2, Funny

    Hmmm... Yellow dog linux, the distro for computers named after a red fruit.

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  2. Corelation by leonmergen · · Score: 4, Funny

    Hmmm, for some reason I have the feeling there is some sort of corelation between the naming of "Red Hat" and "Yellow Dog" ...

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    1. Re:Corelation by inkswamp · · Score: 2, Funny
      Which reminds me... do Red Hat and Yellow Dog support Blue Tooth?

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  3. Re:Linux on PPC? I'll take OS X by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    Well, I stand corrected.

    Go Yellow Dog! Cliffhat The Big Red Distro.

  4. Re:Mac on Linux by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    The same universe where my grandma has MMX extensions, along with quad pumped DDR knitting needles!

  5. Re:Linux on PPC? I'll take OS X by baryon351 · · Score: 1, Funny

    a powerbook running linux will not have a working 3d thanks to nvidia.

    Yeah, damn straight, I'm so sick of the lack of nvidia support for my powerbook's radeon