Yellow Dog 5 & Mac Book

[Derick Centeno]

Varinder Bola wrote:
> Hi guys,
>
> I've read a few articles and it says that yellow dog supports mac 
> products. I've just downloaded version find and everywhere it's just 
> talking about psp. Can someone confirm that v5 will work with Mac Book 
> or atleast any other mac product?
>
> Also,
> I'm burning with magic iso. It seems that the download is not bootable?
>
> Kind regards,
> Vaz
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Hi Vaz:
The MacBook is an Intel based machine; if you want to run the Linux 
which is closest to YDL then your best bet is to run Red Hat Linux on 
your Mac Book.  YDL is unique in that it is the superior version of 
Linux running on PowerPC systems.  Of course, the Mac used to run on 
PowerPC systems -- in the past, when this was true YDL would run nearly 
on any Mac.

What has changed is Apple's choice to switch to Intel.  YDL still runs 
on PowerPC based systems, which includes the Cell.
Intel is well, Intel.  There are lots of versions of Linux which run on 
Intel.

If you believe that you've surpassed what the Terminal and Darwin can do 
for you and you aren't willing to put up with paying for Server quality 
software components -- which are included for free within any Linux 
distribution regardless whether Linux is running on a PowerPC or Intel 
system -- you may begin to understand why more people rather deal with 
Linux.

Best of Luck... Derick