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."
Nice Cautious Optimism
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NitsujTPU
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· Score: 4, Funny
Apple users could be glad Soon we could see ISOs
Ahh, the certainty and conviction of your faith in both Terrasoft and the community of Linux enthusiasts using Mac platform is both reassuring and heartwarming.
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:this is not a troll.
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MikeXpop
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· Score: 4, Informative
Yellow Dog Linux is specifically designed for the mac, whereas Ubuntu is for x86 and PPC. I've never used Ubuntu, so I can't say for sure, but I know YDL works seamlessly on all non-breaking-edge macs (AKA, when the G5 came out they had to run it on Jet Engine mode). I know with some linux distros (*cough*mandrake*cough*) sound buttons, screen brightness buttons, and even the eject button don't work out of the box.
Also, Yellow Dog Linux is Red Hat based whereas Ubuntu is Debian based. That's important to note.
That's all I can say without having tried Ubuntu. It really depends on what you want to do. Most people I know who use YDL use it on pre-G3 hardware that OS X doesn't support.
-- Etiquette is etiquette. He kills his mother but he can't wear grey trousers.
Re:An honest question.
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wandazulu
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· Score: 5, Insightful
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.
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Apple users could be glad
Soon we could see ISOs
Ahh, the certainty and conviction of your faith in both Terrasoft and the community of Linux enthusiasts using Mac platform is both reassuring and heartwarming.
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
Yellow Dog Linux is specifically designed for the mac, whereas Ubuntu is for x86 and PPC. I've never used Ubuntu, so I can't say for sure, but I know YDL works seamlessly on all non-breaking-edge macs (AKA, when the G5 came out they had to run it on Jet Engine mode). I know with some linux distros (*cough*mandrake*cough*) sound buttons, screen brightness buttons, and even the eject button don't work out of the box.
Also, Yellow Dog Linux is Red Hat based whereas Ubuntu is Debian based. That's important to note.
That's all I can say without having tried Ubuntu. It really depends on what you want to do. Most people I know who use YDL use it on pre-G3 hardware that OS X doesn't support.
Etiquette is etiquette. He kills his mother but he can't wear grey trousers.
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.