Yellow Dog Linux v4.0 Released

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."

Comments

Re:Mac on Linux

[dr_labrat]

Unless, like me, you use PearPC, which works like a charm

Re:Linux on PPC? I'll take OS X

[metlin]

That is not entirely true.

I, for one, do not quite like the inerface of MacOS or OSX. But when I get the opportunity to buy cheap hardware, I would not like to let it pass.

Often, cheap Macs come off for sale on the university's mailing lists. In such cases, I find it easier to just buy these and install Linux on them. It's also easier for me simply because it's an interface I'm quite familiar and comfortable with.

I'm sure there are quite a few users like me out there. Not to beat the looks I get when I show Mac fanatics ppcs running Linux - and besides, a Mac looks cool ;-)

Ask Slashdot: Linux PPC Performance and Reqs

[TheHonestTruth]

I have a G3 700MHz iBook currently running panther and getting a little long in the tooth.

A) What performance increases am I likely to see running YDL (real numbers, not "OMFG it is liek teh fastest")?

B) Never having used Mac-on-Linux, would I really be able to squeeze YDL and MOL onto my measely 20 Gig drive? I currently only have a couple gigs left, but that is mainly due to installing fink and darwinports to get linux functionality. What is the performance of MOL? Better than VPC performance I would hope (since there is no endian conversion).

I'm just a little leary of wiping my iBook, which is my primary machine, to install YDL if I'm not going to see a significant performance gain and cannot reasonably run my Mac apps when I need to.

-truth