Subject: [yellowdog-announce] Everything New for the Yellow Dog: Newsletter #27 (2000 07/15)
From: Kai Staats (kstaats@terraplex.com)
Date: Sun Jul 16 2000 - 01:09:05 MDT
Dear Associates of Terra Soft Solutions,
Much has changed in the land of Yellow Dogs and Black Labs during the past
few weeks.
YDL KERNEL UPGRADE FULLY SUPPORTS IBM RS/6000 B50 and F50
We've released an updated kernel that allows users to install Champion
Server 1.2 on their IBM RS/6000 B50 and F50 systems. The current update
does not work on the 43P-150. Our updated instructions now include details
on how to set up your RS/6000 to boot directly from hard disk without the
need for the Quik bootloader.
In addition, the update adds SMP support for the F50 (we are utilizing all
4 CPUs on our F50) and expanded RAM support -- now 768 Megabytes.
For information on downloading the update, please see our RS/6000 page:
http://www.yellowdoglinux.com/support/faq_rs6k.shtml
TERRA SOFT POSTS JOB OPENING WEB PAGE
We've added a new job page to our corporate web site.
http://www.terrasoftsolutions.com/tss_jobs.shtml
TERRA SOFT ALLOWS UPLOADING OF CONTRIBUTED SOFTWARE
We're pleased to announce upload access to our ftp server. Contributed
software will be reviewed and then added to the new contribution section of
our ftp site.
Upload files to: ftp://ftp.terraplex.com/pub/incoming
(This is a write only directory, you won't be able to view files placed in
this directory)
New contrib area: ftp://ftp.terraplex.com/pub/contrib
(This is where you will go to download contributed software)
TERRA SOFT MAKES BITKEEPER KERNEL TREE PUBLICALLY ACCESSIBLE
We have made available public access to our internal kernel source tree.
This system consists of the BitKeeper(tm) source code control system
repository of the Linux kernel, with the addition of all scripts and
makefiles required to build a binary kernel RPM using the same method as
used by Terra Soft.
This repository is based upon the BitKeeper version provided by Cort Dougan
at FSM Labs (http://www.fsmlabs.com/linuxppcbk.html). Whenever a new
release or PowerPC specific fix is put into Cort's repository, the latest
changes can be merged into a user's local copy of the TSS kernel
repository.
In addition to making synchronization simpler, this new system reduces by
an order of magnitude the amount of data transferred to update to a new
release. Once a user has a copy of the repository, they simply issue a 'bk
pull' command to get *only* the differences between newer versions and the
current version instead of downloading 12 MB of the full kernel source
every time there is a new release.
To find out how to access the TSS BitKeeper tree, please see:
http://devel.yellowdoglinux.com/rp_bk.shtml
More information about BitKeeper is available at http://www.bitkeeper.com.
REAL NETWORKS RELEASES UNSUPPORT REAL PLAYER FOR POWERPC LINUX
Real Player 7 is now available for the PowerPC Linux Platform thanks to
Real Networks. The initial release is not a supported Real Networks
product and should be considered beta quality.
To download Real Player 7 for PowerPC Linux, please visit:
http://proforma.real.com/real/player/unix/unix.html?src=downloadr000630rp_choice
_c1&dc=757473
METROWERKS SEEKS BETA TESTERS FOR CODEWARRIOR POWERPC LINUX PORT
Metrowerks, makers of the CodeWarrior development program is seeking beta
testers for their upcoming version ported to Linux on the PowerPC
architecture. Below is from the announcement from Metrowerks posted to the
PPC Linux newsgroup:
"To qualify you must be familiar with the Linux operating system and are
interested in Beta testing CodeWarrior for Linux. You must be able to
download large files and you will be required to file bug reports.
If you are interested please contact Ron mailto:MWRon@metrowerks.com with
an e-mail message that contains:
* Your Name
* Your preferred e-mail address
* Are you currently a Beta Tester for any Metrowerks Product.
* Which distribution of Linux you have on which Platform.
Again, only serious testers that understand working with the Linux"
LINUXCARE USES YDL TO SUPPORT IBM POWER4
IBM is making headway on their next-generation microprocessor for high-end
servers, the Power4. Linuxcare (http://www.linuxcare.com) has been tasked
with the job of customizing Yellow Dog Linux for operation on the Power4.
For more information, see the following article at ZDNet:
http://www.zdnet.com/sp/stories/news/0,4538,2589483,00.html
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