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."
The Passion of the Converted.
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saintlupus
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· Score: 4, Interesting
Speaking as a former YDL user, I would recommend that everyone interested in Linux on PPC check out Debian as well. I've found it to be a lot more upgradeable, as well as a lot more stable than YDL ever was for me.
(Both of them, of course, are light years ahead of LinuxPPC, may it rest in peace. Yikes, that one was bad.)
--saint
Re:The Passion of the Converted.
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QuantumSpritz
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· Score: 3, Interesting
Gentoo is nice on the PPC - as almost everything is compiled from source anyway, it means that the lack of PPC binaries almost becomes moot. Also, it's a lot faster to incorporate bleeding-edge hardware support. And the forums are nice.
I use it, if you couldn't tell.
Re:Nice Cautious Optimism
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BrookHarty
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· Score: 3, Interesting
What about Aqua makes you want to replace it with icewm?
Basically, I've been using computers for over 20 years, and Apples gui is just different enough, if I dont pay attention it gets me. It doesnt do what I want, key combos, pulldown menus, window orders, cut/paste, just enough to be a little different.
KDE/Gnome/IceWM/*step and Windows are about same on key combos. IceWM is my preferred as I can configure it, and I like the low profile task bar. Icon with text. I dont have to move my mouse over the aqua bar over each icon to figure out which one I want.
I want things to be visual and quick to choose. If I have to slow down or have think about how things work, its annoying. Reflex for using the same key combos for years, change is good, but too much change and you have to re-learn your normal work pattern.
It would be different if I was only using 1 OS at a time, I want things to be a little more standard. One of the reasons I use KDE applications so much under OSX. Konsole is great for a tabbed term program. Now if I could get a Tabbed Putty for XP.
If I had to say the perfect desktop for getting work done, is IceWM with konsole tabbed terms and tabbed mozilla. Quick, fast, and I can dont have to hunt for which terminal window to work on. And a program bar(dock/etc) that doesnt take up much room is exactly what I need.
I wont go into visual, OSX is by far the most nice looking GUI, just not my perfect choice, but then, my list of windows annoyances is large also. (Number 1 with a bullet is Pop up windows while in the middle of typing...)
Re:Nice Cautious Optimism
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saintlupus
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What about Aqua makes you want to replace it with icewm?
Keyboard shortcuts. I can't speak for anyone else, but one of the main reasons that I run Linux on my old Powerbook instead of OS X is that I hate using a trackpad, and I prefer to use keyboard shortcuts for as much as possible. Windowmaker is a hell of a lot more amenable to being used that way.
(That and the fact that my Powerbook is a G3/400 -- probably just on the hairy edge of usability for OS X, but nice and quick with Debian.)
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Speaking as a former YDL user, I would recommend that everyone interested in Linux on PPC check out Debian as well. I've found it to be a lot more upgradeable, as well as a lot more stable than YDL ever was for me.
(Both of them, of course, are light years ahead of LinuxPPC, may it rest in peace. Yikes, that one was bad.)
--saint
What about Aqua makes you want to replace it with icewm?
Basically, I've been using computers for over 20 years, and Apples gui is just different enough, if I dont pay attention it gets me. It doesnt do what I want, key combos, pulldown menus, window orders, cut/paste, just enough to be a little different.
KDE/Gnome/IceWM/*step and Windows are about same on key combos. IceWM is my preferred as I can configure it, and I like the low profile task bar. Icon with text. I dont have to move my mouse over the aqua bar over each icon to figure out which one I want.
I want things to be visual and quick to choose. If I have to slow down or have think about how things work, its annoying. Reflex for using the same key combos for years, change is good, but too much change and you have to re-learn your normal work pattern.
It would be different if I was only using 1 OS at a time, I want things to be a little more standard. One of the reasons I use KDE applications so much under OSX. Konsole is great for a tabbed term program. Now if I could get a Tabbed Putty for XP.
If I had to say the perfect desktop for getting work done, is IceWM with konsole tabbed terms and tabbed mozilla. Quick, fast, and I can dont have to hunt for which terminal window to work on. And a program bar(dock/etc) that doesnt take up much room is exactly what I need.
I wont go into visual, OSX is by far the most nice looking GUI, just not my perfect choice, but then, my list of windows annoyances is large also. (Number 1 with a bullet is Pop up windows while in the middle of typing...)
What about Aqua makes you want to replace it with icewm?
Keyboard shortcuts. I can't speak for anyone else, but one of the main reasons that I run Linux on my old Powerbook instead of OS X is that I hate using a trackpad, and I prefer to use keyboard shortcuts for as much as possible. Windowmaker is a hell of a lot more amenable to being used that way.
(That and the fact that my Powerbook is a G3/400 -- probably just on the hairy edge of usability for OS X, but nice and quick with Debian.)
--saint