Yellowdog as desktop OS? (Java and VPN needed)

[Jason Lee]

Adhamh Findlay wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I'm considering switching to yellowdog as my desktop OS from OS X.  There
> are two main things that could stop me from doing this, one is JDK support
> and the other is VPN support.
> 
> I found the thread about IBM's 1.4.1 JDK being hackable to work on
> yellowdog, but I'm concerned about forcing the  604 class code to be used
> when I running a G4.  What are the implications of doing this?  I take it
> that the 1.3.1 JDK does not have the same processor limitation?

Java's been my bread and butter for years and my advice would be, unless 
you need the features of 1.4.1, go with the native, stable version, 
which is 1.3.1

Personally, I haven't tested the Java waters on YDL, but I was 
definitely considering 1.3.1 since I'm not too sure I wanna deal with 
the 604 processor hack.

- Jason