yellowdog-general digest, Vol 1 #1345 - Message 7: Where to get software for YDL.

[Rob Abraham]

indeed. well said indeed.

Derick Centeno wrote:
> On Sat, 2004-03-06 at 14:01,
> yellowdog-general-request@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com wrote:
> 
> 
> > --__--__--
> > 
> > Message: 7
> > To: yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
> > From: Alvaro Chavarria <aec19@duke.edu>
> > Subject: Where to get software for YDL?
> > Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2004 00:27:31 -0500
> > Reply-To: yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
> > 
> > Do any of you guys know of a website where I can download software for 
> > Linux PPC? I always try going to the developer pages but the only Linux 
> > versions they have are for x86.
> > 
> > So, what do you guys usually do? Where do you get your freeware?
> > 
> > 
> > --__--__--
> Sure.  Go to Sourceforge.net or freshmeat.net; you'll get the joke as
> you deepen your Linux skills.  Remember, you are not within the Mac OS
> anymore, although it is nearby. A typical scenario would be the
> following there is something you want but the author has compiled it for
> Intel.  Not a problem really, because nearly all open source authors
> allow the source code of the same program to be posted.  So if a
> LinuxPPC version of the code doesn't exist, then your option is to
> download the source.  After that you have to go through the compile,
> make, and other procedures to get that code in shape before you can use
> it on your box.
> 
> Remember, Open Source is as close to the Old Wild West as we will ever
> get, and still every bit as difficult.  That's the "fun" and "challenge"
> of it, as well as the satisfaction that you got something working which
> still few people would bother doing.  If you can deal with the
> mind-numbing details which occur from time to time and other aspects of
> Open Source which are not so pleasant -- such as inexplicable features
> or interfaces or no interfaces at all, and make the time to program,
> submit a bug report to the author or even participate in a programming
> team and fix the open source program itself -- well that is what is
> about as well.
> 
> Working on such things on the MacOS X, even with Darwin, is not quite
> Open Source.  It is an Open Source which is tied to Apple, which of
> course isn't bad, but it isn't completely "free" nor does that licsence
> protect your effort as quoting or using the GPL would protect your open
> source efforts.  Take the time to learn about the nuances here and
> you'll have less regrets later.  Research the Free Software Foundation
> and the General Public License.
> 
> -- 
> Cherokee: Mitakuye Oyasin
> English Translation: We are all related.
> 
> Be Well...
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Robert Abraham