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[Derick Centeno]

Paul, thanks for the vote of support.

One key point.  Fedora is a community effort which Red Hat sponsors;
(Fedora) is quite different from what Red Hat offers as it's commercial
offering such as Red Hat Enterprise, etc.  A better explanation is
here: 

http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/

One other difference is that Red Hat Enterprise produces no code for the
PowerPC; they support only Intel and compatibles.  Red Hat engineers
cooperate with Fedora, but Fedora's volunteers currently support both
Intel/compatibles and PowerPC.  Fedora in that regard is similar to
other Linux distributions where their effort and resources are split
such that Intel comes first and after that is done then work proceeds
on PowerPC based stuff.  And while there is much to appreciate, surely,
the source of these distributions are nearly all similarly split --
they cannot, in my opinion, design their source to take full advantage
of the unique design of PowerPC systems.

TSS is like Red Hat in that it is a commercial entity dedicated
exclusively to PowerPC technology as Red Hat is dedicated exclusively
to Intel.

YDL differs from Fedora in that YDL is exclusively designed for
running on PowerPC systems.  The PowerPC is not just a computer
designed a little differently, it is designed intentionally differently
so that explorations of all kinds of efforts can be explored in ways
that just cause Intel systems to choke.  Intel technologies have a
definite value, but the PowerPC's value is unique and for many projects
where details and scales of order of precision matter -- superior.

Not many people are interested in exploring at that level of intricacy
curiously rare or different areas of basic or advanced science or math,
but with YDL running on a PowerPC -- no one can stop them from
achieving that kind of refined mastery or understanding should a person
choose to do so in nearly any field.  

One example, not many are aware that the now so called outdated G4 can
process specially prepared code at 128 bits.  It isn't simple, true.
But it is there, and YDL can take advantage of it and one can share
with a string of buddies worldwide all growing towards and perhaps in,
a shared interest -- mastering that interest or subject that much
faster.

What YDL does with the Cell, is even better.  And YDL running on a
cluster of PS3s better still.  I've years of experience running
superminis and mainframes utilizing Unix like systems.  Even so, with
that as a background given the Cell, I can only imagine what Kai
and the TSS team has done.   However, by keeping YDL what it is Kai
and TSS has done what not even Red Hat has because Red Hat Enterprise
is not Fedora, but YDL remains YDL. 

My dream is to have a PS3 cluster in a laptop.  I know that the reality
will be YDL running it.

Best wishes...

On Tue, 11 Sep 2007 03:19:59 +0000 Paul
Higgins <higg0008 at tc.umn.edu> wrote:

> There is some good info in the book "Red Hat Linux 8 for Dummies",
> which though somewhat dated (for newbies who don't know, Red Hat has
> for years been called Fedora Core), has a fairly pain-free section on
> the rpm command. There is also a good introduction to other basic
> shell commands.  I found it very helpful.  Don't buy it--it's too
> dated, but it should be available at most libraries.
> 
> Derick is right, learning how to work in the shell is really
> essential to working in Linux, or any *real* OS for that matter,
> including Mac OS X.  I've always found the library to be my best
> friend for that, with the web as a close second (e.g.
> linuxquestions.org).
> 
> -PRH
> 
> On Tuesday 11 September 2007 01:49, Derick Centeno wrote:
> 
> > Explanation: After the whereis command is executed YDL responds by
> > telling you where powermanga is located.  The next step to remove it
> > requires you to be in superuser mode.  To do that change directories
> > and go to where the program is located, then use the rpm command
> > with the e flag (e for extract):
> >
> > #rpm -e powermanga
> >
> > YDL will proceed to remove it for you.
> >
> > Picking up a text on Unix shells and System Administration would
> > also help with Linux while expanding anyone's understanding
> > regarding what it is possible to do in executing various projects
> > one might wish to experiment with or pursue.
> >
> > Good Luck...
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