Andreas writes "Apple users could be glad to know that YellowDog Linux 4.0 is shipping. As always, Terrasoft, YDL producer, is selling PowerMacs with YDL pre-installed. Soon we could see ISOs available for free downloads, as in the past."
Re:Nice Cautious Optimism
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tsa
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I like my iMac with OSX, but Aqua is an even worse interface than the Windows interface if you ask me. It is almost not configurable, which is a pity because OSX would be even more enjoyable with a good window manager. Which brings me to the question: does anyone know a usable substitute for Aqua?
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Re:An honest question.
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wandazulu
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I have an original clamshell iBook with 64meg of ram...far too small in terms of resources, I found, for OS X. Linux (specifically YDL 3) ran acceptably on it and am able to do a lot more with it than what I could do under OS 9 (ironically, a lot of stuff that winds up running on OS X). Gnome doesn't run *great* on it, but it's acceptable. Plus with YDL it was easy to configure the Airport card in it, so I can sit anywhere and use it.
I think you'll find most people run Linux on older macs to revive and get some more use out of older hardware...I wish I hadn't thrown out my 68k-based Mac so I could try NetBSD on it.
I could also see where someone might have a very specific need to run in 64-bit *now*, instead of waiting for Tiger next year; then a G5-specific Linux kernel like YDL 4 would fit the bill.
Re:An honest question.
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twistedcubic
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Please dont flame me for this: but why would an OS X user want to install a linux distro?
Free upgrades!
Re:An honest question.
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I answered this question here, but since that time I've been able to upgrade my Mac again, to 320 MB RAM. So it's quite able to run Panther (with the help of XPostFacto). So far, I haven't bothered reinstalling it. I have no reason to. What are the pros of running OS X? You can run Photoshop and Office. I don't need them. You have a nice GUI for configuring your network. I don't need that.
The cons of OS X is that as a unix, it's just not as well integrated as Debian. And Fink is neither well integrated in the OS, nor of very high quality. It is apt-get, but, like Yellow Dog, it doesn't do it as well as Debian. The packages are rarely updated, and some are just broken. So personally, I can just as well turn the question around, and ask rhetorically: Why would I reinstall OS X when all it does (for me!), is the same as Debian, but worse?
It's just that OS X, while nice, isn't the best solution for everyone. I'm a competent Debian user, and OS X gives me little that I don't have in Linux. So I guess the answer to your question would have to be: An OS X user would want to install Linux to see if it suits him or her better than OS X.
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I like my iMac with OSX, but Aqua is an even worse interface than the Windows interface if you ask me. It is almost not configurable, which is a pity because OSX would be even more enjoyable with a good window manager. Which brings me to the question: does anyone know a usable substitute for Aqua?
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I have an original clamshell iBook with 64meg of ram...far too small in terms of resources, I found, for OS X. Linux (specifically YDL 3) ran acceptably on it and am able to do a lot more with it than what I could do under OS 9 (ironically, a lot of stuff that winds up running on OS X). Gnome doesn't run *great* on it, but it's acceptable. Plus with YDL it was easy to configure the Airport card in it, so I can sit anywhere and use it.
I think you'll find most people run Linux on older macs to revive and get some more use out of older hardware...I wish I hadn't thrown out my 68k-based Mac so I could try NetBSD on it.
I could also see where someone might have a very specific need to run in 64-bit *now*, instead of waiting for Tiger next year; then a G5-specific Linux kernel like YDL 4 would fit the bill.
Please dont flame me for this: but why would an OS X user want to install a linux distro?
Free upgrades!
I answered this question here, but since that time I've been able to upgrade my Mac again, to 320 MB RAM. So it's quite able to run Panther (with the help of XPostFacto). So far, I haven't bothered reinstalling it. I have no reason to. What are the pros of running OS X? You can run Photoshop and Office. I don't need them. You have a nice GUI for configuring your network. I don't need that.
The cons of OS X is that as a unix, it's just not as well integrated as Debian. And Fink is neither well integrated in the OS, nor of very high quality. It is apt-get, but, like Yellow Dog, it doesn't do it as well as Debian. The packages are rarely updated, and some are just broken. So personally, I can just as well turn the question around, and ask rhetorically: Why would I reinstall OS X when all it does (for me!), is the same as Debian, but worse?
It's just that OS X, while nice, isn't the best solution for everyone. I'm a competent Debian user, and OS X gives me little that I don't have in Linux. So I guess the answer to your question would have to be: An OS X user would want to install Linux to see if it suits him or her better than OS X.