Why YDL? Why Linux? Why YDL instead of OS X?

Sat, 8 Feb 2003 07:45:54 -0700

Perhaps an odd set of questions.  I belong to a small Mac club, and the members 
know I'm fooling around with YDL on an old PM 7200, so I imagine it's only a 
matter of time before I'm asked to demonstrate YDL at a club meeting.

I'm sure I'd be asked...why mess around with YDL, since OS X is now BSD-based?  
I've got one answer:  runs on several pre-G3 machines...but what else could I 
offer?  Why would anyone use YDL, for example, on an iMac, since OS X is  
available?  

As for me, I am experimenting with YDL on this old 7200 simply to get myself 
introduced to the world of Linux/Unix, on a machine that has no other purpose.  
If I screw something up and accidently erase the hard drive...nothing lost but 
time.  I wouldn't dare experiment with my iMac at work, or my wife's iMac here at 
home.  

Jay

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