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

[Derick Centeno]

Hi Nathan:
In the old days, before Fedora, I would have pointed to Red Hat.  
However, a lot of people who participate on this list like Ubuntu (or 
something like that) but that distribution is essentially based on 
Debian.  If I were not dedicated to the PowerPC architecture; I probably 
would choose Debian.

The real issue is do you need or prefer a commercial or non-commercial 
Linux.  If you are going to look as Suse, you may just as well choose 
Red Hat instead, as Red Hat is closer to YDL than Suse is, in my opinion.

Good Luck....
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Nathan Moore wrote:
> 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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