Debian 3.1 for PPC
Ryan Nix
yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
Tue Jul 13 09:47:01 2004
Might be worth a try.
http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-testing/daily/powerpc/
Derick Centeno wrote:
>Flamewar?? What flamewar?? Compared to other mailing lists what occurs
>here is a lovefest!
>
>Seriously to your concern. From the one or two word description of the
>environment in which the described computer is coming "on-line" you
>would save yourself quite a headache if you waited for YDL 4.0. As you
>can read from the article posted on Terra Soft's website, Kai clearly
>explains that the system to be "left behind" or "unsupported" starting
>with YDL 4.0 will be the beige tower G3's.
>
>You could continue to use YDL 3.0 of course, but it is always better to
>start off with a fresh and complete installation which will update over
>time rather than with an installation (such as YDL 3.0) which has seen
>the end of it's update/upgrade cycle.
>
>Regarding other distributions: Unless one is an uber-system
>administrator/programmer dreaming in code and hex it is easier to recall
>that every distribution has it's problems. In the end what really
>matters is what are you doing, why and are you skilled enough to handle
>the gritty details of server administration yourself. And if you have
>no love for iptables, rewriting dot files, shell scripts and so on --
>another distribution is not going to improve your situation.
>
>Remember that like it or not, for all the "lip-service" of user support
>in the Linux world, this is a new idea which has yet to sink in
>sufficiently; which is also why IBM and others have moved to provide
>support for their own version of Linux. And the really astute will
>observe that even Sun is supporting their own version of Open Source
>Solaris.
>
>No one is providing support for the "other fellow's" distribution and
>what works in one distribution may or may not work on another in quite
>the same way. As far as a ppc variant of Red Hat Linux, Terra Soft has
>that locked on tight. What works on Red Hat on a Intel system works on
>YDL given if one goes through whatever one must regarding acquiring
>libraries etc. And lest you forget, Red Hat is the 800 lb gorilla in
>the Linux environment.
>
>You've heard the joke, right? ...What does an 800 lb gorilla get?
>Answer: Whatever it wants! The implication being that the market
>follows the gorilla; you can see this trend with Microsoft more clearly.
>By the way it may interest you to know that the money behind the SCO
>suit against Linux is Microsoft! Talk about "undue influence";
>Microsoft can't compete technologically with Linux nor come up with
>sufficiently moving and inexpensive idea and so it moves against the one
>thing people can use for free.
>
>I hope that this is enough "background" information to help you towards
>your decision.
>Best wishes...
>
>
>On Tue, 2004-07-13 at 08:28, Henry A. Leinhos wrote:
>
>
>>At the risk of joining a flame war, I'd have to say that a little more info
>>for the users would be greatly appreciated (progress so far, show-stoppers,
>>a real time-line, etc), so that we (as users) can actually plan. I have
>>another Powermac coming online, and I want to know if I should hold off on
>>installing Linux on the thing (if YDL4 is close to release), or if I should
>>stick to 3.0.1 and do an upgrade later (upgrades between major revisions
>>have been, well, painful -- fresh installs have usually been safer)? Or, as
>>some have suggested, should I look elsewhere for another Distro? All valid
>>questions for a user's list. I've been using GARNOME to get Gnome 2.6 on my
>>YDL3.x machines, which is far from optimal. Freshrpms has been great, but
>>one needs information to plan.
>>
>>$0.02
>>
>>Henry
>>
>>David Hacker writes:
>>
>>
>>
>>>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
>>>On Jul 12, 2004, at 5:33 PM, Ryan Nix wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Too bad Gentoo is such a bitch to get configured. It might be worth
>>>>switching over.
>>>>
>>>>Jim Ricken wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>On Mon, 2004-07-12 at 15:53, Norberto Quintanar wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>--- Jim Ricken <jsac346@vfemail.net> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Good gravy!
>>>>>>>How long does a guy have to wait till Terrasoft comes out with YDL
>>>>>>>4.0 ?
>>>>>>>Jim
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>>>>Long enough to NOT have YOUR hardware supported ;)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>I know that's right
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>Jim
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>
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