What are Source CDs for

[Clinton MacDonald]

Mr. Stephen-MGI1225:

Did your parents hyphenate their last names when they married? :-)

Thudium Stephen-MGI1225 wrote:
> I installed YDL 3.0 from a box set. This box set includes
> 3 source CDs that contain hundreds of application packages.
> However, there is no documentation to describe these packages
> so I don't know which to install, if any, or do I install
> them all? Anyway, where do I get this description?

You probably received two sets of disks, Install 1, 2, and 3, and Source 
1, 2, and 3. For now, all you need are the Install disks. The 
instructions should be included in a booklet that came with your boxed set.

The source CDs have two significances: first, if you become a Yellow Dog 
Linux Wizard, you may want to compile your own kernels and applications 
so that you can wrest the maximum performance out of every bit and byte.

Second, Yellow Dog Linux is an Open Source operating system that uses 
the GNU Public License (GPL). The GPL specifies that Open Source 
software must include (or have available on an FTP server) the source 
code for all its projects. Terra Soft (the Yellow Dog Linux folks) are 
just doing the right thing by giving you the source on those CDs. Think 
of it as a welcoming gift to the Open Source community.

Best wishes,
Clint

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