Re: [MacPerl] [OT] Yellow Dog Linux, anyone?

[Jason Arnold <ja0022@drake.edu>]

>From what I know there is enough difference between PPC's and G3's hardware
that there is a need to optimize the OS for either PPC or G3.  Just like
Apple with Mac OS X which is only (from what I understand) going to be
available for the G3 and not PPC (however, there might be support for PPC
later, but I doubt it from what I've heard).  From the Yello Dog Linux
website it looks like they support both PPC's and G3's.  Of course, my
preference is MkLinux, but it's good to see more people doing Linux on
Mac's.

At 12:10 PM -0600 12/3/98, jason white wrote:
>Here's my half a cent worth....
>
>Anyone actually read the article on the Apple Website (Shutting Down NT...)
>and looked at the YDL page at the same time.  Check out the
>e-mails/contacts.  It appears (if you read the story on Apple's site) that
>this group/guy got a G3 and put Mklinux on it as an
>"easier-but-stable-and-secure" option to using Unix or NT.  He was so
>excited that he got his story posted on Apple's site.  Now it appears that
>he's so excited, he (his company) are going to start doing Linux
>Distributing, but for PPC...or G3...or both?  (Chris has a good point here)
>
>My thoughts on obtaining it...
>Wait and see the product/reviews.  "And by their fruits ye shall know them"
>I am currently shopping for a PPC machine to plop linux onto.  I'm heavily
>leaning to LinuxPPC right now.  But I'd probably beta-test (YDL) if they
>would give me a free copy =).  I just don't even know if they are there
>yet. And Paul's point...What makes YDL $18 better than LinuxPPC.  I'll have
>to see it!



***** Want to unsubscribe from this list?
***** Send mail with body "unsubscribe" to mac-perl-request@iis.ee.ethz.ch