YDL dot NET enhanced query

[Ryan Nix]

Rick,

Thanks for posting this.

How is the beta?  Is it based on the more recent builds of Redhat Fedora?

Thanks,

Ryan

Rick Thomas wrote:

>YDL.net enhanced has been a disappointment for me.  I purchased it in
>hopes of:
>
>1) Supporting a good small US-based company that makes good reliable software.
>2) Getting a look at interesting pre-release software for PPC Linux.
>3) Getting high-quality support for my (very) occasional Linux-related problems.
>4) Getting better download bandwidth and more reliable repository servers.
>5) Getting a chance to exchange news, views, and usage-hints with  a
>select group of high-end PPC Linux users.
>
>About the only goal that has been achieved by the exercise is (1).
>
>I still think YellowDog Linux is a great server OS and I'm still very
>glad that it runs on my older Macs.  And I'll still happily pay for a
>batch of CD-roms when the next release of YDL comes out.  But I'll also
>still get my support from this list, and I'll also still do my downloads
>and YUMs from a nearby mirror site -- even if it's a few days or weeks
>out of date, because the "official" YDL server is terminally slow and
>flakey, and the YDL.net/enhanced repo-server is mostly nonfunctional.
>
>Sorry to be such  a downer, but that's been my experience.  If anybody
>from Terrasoft is reading this list, I'd really like to see a response
>-- especially if that response is "We acknowledge that we've had some
>problems but don't loose hope!  We have an action plan to make it better!"
>
>Enjoy!
>
>Rick
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>Ted Goranson wrote:
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>>I am considering the ydl.net enhanced option, but the web site is
>>amazingly vague. I wonder:
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>>- Is the yum update that much better?
>>- How much personal web space and bandwidth is supplied. Is it the
>>10M "ftp space?"
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>>Best, Ted
>>--
>>Ted Goranson
>>Advanced Enterprise Research Office
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