[ydl-gen] off-topic: ydl-like distribution for x86_64?

[Nathan Moore]

This is an off-topic newbie sort of question:

I've worked with YDL on a set of PowerMacs all summer and now feel  
confident enough to spend money on new hardware.  The price per node  
ratio of "from-parts" AMD x86_64  boxes was hard to beat, and now I'm  
looking for a linux distribution that feels like yellowdog from the  
shell.

Any recommendations?  I tried Fedora Core 5 today, but once  
installed, the program doesn't get past the boot stage (an additional  
bug:  the machine won't make it tot he log-in screen if the ps2 mouse  
is unconnected)

I get the impression that Suse is one of the more well-developed  
x86_64 distributions, but I can't imagine life without yum...

sorry to stray so far from the proper topic.



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Nathan Moore
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Winona State University
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