[yellowdog-announce] Terra Soft an Apple VAR -- YDL pre-installed on Apple computers: Press Release 2002 08/08

Terra Soft Media Relations media@terrasoftsolutions.com
Thu Aug 8 10:58:01 2002


APPLE COMPUTERS PRE-INSTALLED WITH YDL

Loveland, Colorado -- 8 August 2002 -- Terra Soft Solutions, Inc., the 
leading developer of integrated PowerPC Linux solutions is pleased to 
announce availability of Apple computers with Yellow Dog Linux pre-installed.

"This marks an important turning point in our company and a renewed 
relationship with Apple Computer. With the combination of Apple's powerful 
computers and the robust and diverse capabilities of Linux, we are helping to 
satisfy demand for high performance Linux servers, workstations, and 
clusters," states Kai Staats, co-founder and CEO.

Terra Soft, an Apple Authorized VAR, is able to provide custom configured 
stand-alone units or clusters while maintaining the full Apple warranty. 
While installation of Linux on PowerPC has greatly improved, pre-installed 
systems boot directly to Yellow Dog Linux, saving time with installation and 
configuration.

Troy Vitullo, Internal Systems & Support Engineer for Terra Soft affirms, 
"This is something we have been looking forward to for a long time. It simply 
does not get any easier than this --press the power button and you've got 
Linux."

Yellow Dog Linux is an RPM-based Linux distribution focused entirely on the 
PowerPC chip. Terra Soft has since early 1999 supported the Apple 
Computer product line, providing a modern operating system for computers as 
old as the 7200 and as recent as the iMac G4. Terra Soft's customer base 
includes home and office users, system administrators; university, DOE, DOD, 
and commercial scientists and researchers in over 100 countries world-wide.

Terra Soft has in recent months engaged multiple hardware and software 
vendors, providing its diverse customer base a rapidly growing array of 3rd 
party products that support Yellow Dog Linux.

The following Apple Computers are currently offered from the Terra Soft Store 
(http://www.terrasoftsolutions.com/store/), Yellow Dog Linux pre-installed:
	- Power Mac G4s
	- iBooks
	- G4 iMacs
	- AirPort cards
	- ... Xserves will be available very soon!


About Terra Soft Solutions, Inc.
Terra Soft Solutions, Inc. is a leading developer of integrated solutions for 
PowerPC. Yellow Dog Linux, the flagship product, has boosted viability of 
Linux on PowerPC microprocessors. Black Lab is an HPC cluster node creation 
and management suite.

For more information, visit http://www.terrasoftsolutions.com