[ydl-gen] [Fwd: [yellowdog-announce] YDL 4.1 beta ISOs Available from YDL.net]

[Joseph E. Sacco, PhD]

gcc-4.0.1 is there along with a few other things to upgrade the tool
chain.


-Joseph

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On Thu, 2005-12-22 at 20:53 +0000, Cian Duffy wrote:
> Upgrade to gcc 3.4 and not 4.0? And XOrg 6.8.2 and not 6.9? We're
> paying for a team of supermen/women here not mere mortals :pp
> 
> In reality, great work. Sound support was what was most lacking in my
> eyes in 4.0, so thats a great improvement 
> 
> Any idea if theres going to be any form of discounted upgrade to 4.1
> for 4.0 boxed customers? Or yum update packages?
> 
> Cian
> 
> On 22/12/05, Owen Stampflee <ostampflee at terrasoftsolutions.com> wrote:
>         A early christmas present for you all.
>         
>         -------- Forwarded Message --------
>         From: yellowdog-announce at lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
>         To: YDL Announce <
>         yellowdog-announce at lists.terrasoftsolutions.com>
>         Subject: [yellowdog-announce] YDL 4.1 beta ISOs Available from
>         YDL.net
>         Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2005 09:40:20 -0700 
>         
>         Fellow YDL Enthusiasts,
>         
>         At the end of April we released Yellow Dog Linux 4.0.90, our
>         first mainstream
>         64-bit Linux distribution. Four months later, as we were
>         finalizing v4.1 and
>         initiating beta testing, a nasty bug concerning gcc 3.3 was
>         discovered. The
>         only practical solution was to update to gcc 3.4, which
>         invoked a complete
>         rebuild of YDL (and a great deal of effort).
>         
>         After a few months redevelopment and several weeks beta
>         testing via the 
>         ydl-beta list, we are very pleased with results. YDL v4.1 is
>         nearly complete,
>         with a list of vastly improved features:
>         * Linux kernel version 2.6.15-rc5.
>         * Basic 64-bit development and runtime support.
>         * X.org 6.8.2, featuring improved Radeon dual-head support.
>         * Installation to FireWire drives, including iPods.
>         * USB device auto-mount under both KDE & GNOME.
>         * Updated KDE and GNOME desktops. 
>         * Greatly improved sound support.
>         * Firefox and Thunderbird 1.5.
>         * A completely rebuilt KDE and Gnome "start" menu for vastly
>         improved
>         navigation of the graphical user interface.
>         
>         ... and general refinement of the end-user experience. In
>         addition, we are 
>         hoping to include two late arrivals: basic support for
>         dual/quad core
>         PowerMac G5s, and an alpha driver for the Airport Extreme
>         wireless adapter.
>         
>         Codenamed "Sagitta", YDL v4.1 beta ISOs are immediately
>         available via YDL.net
>         Enhanced accounts (www.ydl.net). The YDL v4.1 "gold master"
>         will be available
>         before the close of December, with the box sets shipping from
>         Terra Soft and
>         its resellers two weeks thereafter. 
>         
>         We appreciate your patience with the delivery of this release.
>         As v4.1 is to
>         date the most refined, polished release of Yellow Dog Linux,
>         we believe it is
>         well worth the wait.
>         
>         Sincerely,
>         Owen Stampflee 
>         Lead YDL Engineer
>         Terra Soft Solutions, Inc.
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