[yellowdog-announce] YDL Champion Server Supports Blue & Whites: Press Release 22 April 1999


Kai Staats (kstaats@terraplex.com)
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Terra Soft Solutions Ships Yellow Dog Linux Champion Server

Loveland, Colorado, 22 April 1999

Terra Soft Solutions is proud to announce that Yellow Dog Linux now runs on the Apple Blue & White G3s.

Our in-house development team has successfully ported the CMD646 driver to the Linux/PPC kernel, offering the much anticipated support for the primary ATA chain. This driver supports the ultra-DMA features of the chipset, allowing data transfer in excess of 30MB per second. The Blue & Whites are now fully functional with ATA, SCSI, and USB. The Linux development community is working to add IEEE1394 (FireWire) support.

"I am pleased to have enabled advanced support in the Linux/PPC kernel and look forward to making future contributions to the community," states Stephen Edie, Wearer of Several Hats at Terra Soft Solutions.

Until now, the lack of support for the first ATA chain was keeping Blue & White owners around the world from using Linux. Now, Stephen Edie, Dan Burcaw, and consultant to TSS Troy Benjegerdes have enabled Linux to take full advantage of the 100MHz bus and speedy processors of the finest machines Apple has ever produced.

Champion Server 1.0 may be ordered online via the YDL website http://www.yellowdoglinux.com/ydl_order.html and is currently shipping to over 200 countries worldwide.

Please note that the updated kernel is available online:
ftp://ftp.yellowdoglinux.com/pub/yellowdog/kernel/blueg3/

Also, make certain the new installer is used, found online: ftp://ftp.yellowdoglinux.com/pub/yellowdog/champion-1.0/updates/install/

Dan Burcaw, Director of Research & Development, adds "While this kernel has demostrated stability on the Blue & Whites, iMacs, and pre-G3s, it is new, and we therefore discourage individuals from using this update with other than Blue & Whites or for mission critical environments. We are working hard to ensure that our patches are a rock-solid addition to the Linux kernel source tree and look forward to providing Installation Support in short order."

About Terra Soft Solutions, Inc.
Terra Soft, based in Loveland, CO, is the developer of Yellow Dog Linux for Apple Macintosh PPC and G3 computers. Yellow Dog Linux Champion Server, their flagship product, is a highly professional distribution geared toward ISPs and developers.

For more information about Terra Soft Solutions, visit their website at www.terrasoftsolutions.com.



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