The new YDL 4.0

[Ryan Nix]

That article didn't have any details.  I think we can safely surmise 
that YD 4 will be based on FC which has been out for a while.  HOPEFULLY.

Marcelo Giles wrote:

> Why don't you pay a visit to Yellow Dog's home page? Right there are 
> two interviews in which Terra Soft's CEO explains YDL 4 and a couple 
> other things:
>
> http://www.yellowdoglinux.com/ydl_home.shtml
>
> <snip>
>
> MNW: Describe some of the more important features that will come with 
> YDL 4.0 and Y-HPC. How does Yellow Dog plan to leverage the 64-bit 
> architecture of the G5 chip? Also will YDL 4 run on ancient Macs that 
> cannot take advantage of OS X?
>
> Staats: Yellow Dog Linux 4.0 is our first distribution built from 
> Fedora, the reformation of a community effort built around the Red Hat 
> foundation. This marks a more challenging development process for us, 
> but ultimately, a more community-driven product if you remember the 
> circle I described earlier. Yellow Dog Linux 4.0 is 32-bit and 
> supports USB-G3 through dual G5 Power Macs Towers.
>
> We have chosen to no longer officially support the beige G3 product 
> line -- my personal favorite for its incredibly robust offerings. This 
> does not mean it will not work -- simply we will not apply internal 
> resources to test these systems. We had to draw the line to focus on 
> quality over quantity.
>
> </snip>
>
> On Jul 1, 2004, at 3:58 PM, Sander Nagtegaal wrote:
>
>> Is there any news yet on the new Yellowdog? What will it look like ? 
>> What will
>> it based on ? GCC etc........
>> I haven't even found a very little note about it on the whole 
>> internet ( well
>> , on the whole google then ). I'm really anxious what the next 
>> release will
>> bring. I hope it will be good.
>>
>> Thanks in advance ,
>>
>> Sander
>
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