[OT] YDL 4.0

[Rick Thomas]

I've been participating in the testing (I'm making sure it works on 
OldWorld PowerMacs.) of the new Debian Installer that will come 
with Debian 3.1.  It's still very much pre-beta, but when it's 
released , I predict that you'll like it.

In the mean time, Debian 3.0 (called "woody") works great on Mac 
hardware, and once you have it installed you can use apt, or one of 
it's smart front-ends like aptitude, to update the rather old 
applications programs (circa 2002, but still secure -- the Debian 
folks make a big point of keeping all their supported releases up 
to the latest security patch level!) to the latest level from the 
"testing" repositories (leading but not bleeding edge -- the 
bleeding edge apps are available too, in the "unstable" 
repositories.)  (sorry for the complexity of that sentence!  It's 
late...)

And yes, there are plenty of Debian apt repositories out there -- 
many with excellent bandwidth.

Rick


On Tuesday, July 13, 2004, at 01:00 AM, Ryan Nix wrote:

> I second that.
>
> Back to the flame war:
>
> I haven't given Debian PPC a shot in a while.  I only know Debian is
> slightly less complicated than Gentoo.  Personally, I don't care to
> compile everything from scratch to get an extra 1% performance. Maybe
> Debian PPC is the way to go.  I just wonder if there are as many 
> apt-get
> repositories out there.
>
> On Mon, 2004-07-12 at 21:27 -0700, Norberto Quintanar wrote:
>> --- David Hacker <t> wrote:
>>> I thought this was supposed to be a list to try to help with
>>> peoples
>>> problems with the software, not to whine about why the company is
>>> taking it's time to release a free project.  The press releases
>>> have
>>> all said that they are working on bugs and problems to make it
>>> better.
>>> I would think that it would be better to have a stable release when
>>> it
>>> comes out then have more problems, and people complaining that it
>>> doesn't work right.
>>> David C. Hacker, DVM
>>
>> David, this is the YDL "users" list, not the PCI-Powermacs list or
>> any other list hosted over at Maclaunch.  We're more like the wild
>> wild west - "Deadwood" - not stuffy New England.  People whine and
>> gripe here on this list and for the most part we don't chastise
>> people, we all have a good time and play nice.  We help each other
>> solve problems, ignore those we don't agree with and get help from
>> those that offer it up.  But please, for the love of god let's not
>> turn this into a list that chastises people for off-topic discussion.
>>  Or worse has a list-nazi telling us what's appropriate and what
>> isn't.
>>
>> <mocking maclaunch list>
>> "Hey, you can't talk about the Apple IIe on our list!  All we talk
>> about here is the 603e chip and by golly if you discuss the IIe or
>> the LC575 you're banned!!!!  What did you just say!!  You're running
>> OSX on a 7600!?  That's it, your IP is banned forever!!!  I'm
>> submitting your name to every apple store in the coutnry and you'll
>> never get your Apple warranty satisfied anywhere!  EVER!!!!
>> </mocking maclaunch list>
>>
>> Now let's get back to our regularly scheduled Gento and Debian are
>> better than YDL flame war!!
>>
>> =====
>> --Norberto Quintanar
>>
>> "You belong to something bigger. From birth. And your life is 
>> spent rediscovering the underlying principles, through various 
>> players -- coaches, mentors, teachers, spouses, kids. It's in 
>> your genes. Your responsibility. Destiny. Is all on you.  Lead, 
>> follow, or get out of the way."
>> --Norberto Quintanar
>>
>>
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