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Yellow Dog Linux V.4

KTRIC · 2005-02-13 15:14:00

I'm currently downloading Yellow Dog v4 as suggested by a mate because I mentioned that I'd like to start using Non-MS software. Does anyone have any expierience with this OS ?? and bear in mind that I'm a complete novice with Linux. What's the best place to start once I have it installed ?? Any help would be appriciated.

13-02-2005 3:14pm

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KTRIC

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I'm currently downloading Yellow Dog v4 as suggested by a mate because I mentioned that I'd like to start using Non-MS software.

Does anyone have any expierience with this OS ?? and bear in mind that I'm a complete novice with Linux.

What's the best place to start once I have it installed ??

Any help would be appriciated.

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#2 13-02-2005 4:16pm

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you do realise yellow dog is for powerpc (used in apple) computers ?

go to the unix forum, there's a thread about what distribution a beginner should choose ...

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#3 13-02-2005 5:39pm

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parasite wrote:

you do realise yellow dog is for powerpc (used in apple) computers ?

go to the unix forum, there's a thread about what distribution a beginner should choose ...

Yep, have an old Power PC i'm going to run it on. I thought it would run on an IBM compatible aswell but you've cleared that one up for me.

Cheers.

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#4 14-02-2005 10:04pm

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SuSE is probably the most user friendly version of Linux there is (There really closing the gap on M$ windows in the user friendly department), it’s also got excellent hardware support.
Hope this helps.

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#5 14-02-2005 10:06pm

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jessy wrote:

SuSE is probably the most user friendly version of Linux there is (There really closing the gap on M$ windows), it’s also got excellent hardware support.
Hope this helps.

Thanks Jessy,

I've been testing various "live" versions of Linux over the past few days and have yet to find one i really like. Is there a live version of SuSe ??

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#6 14-02-2005 10:12pm

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yes you can get it from there website.

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#7 14-02-2005 10:13pm

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jessy wrote:

yes you can get it from there website.

Now I'm going to be really cheeky and ask for a link

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#8 14-02-2005 10:17pm

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Here the link
http://www.novell.com/products/linuxprofessional/downloads/ftp/live_eval_int.html

Google is very handy for finding stuff like this

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#9 14-02-2005 10:25pm

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jessy wrote:

Here the link
http://www.novell.com/products/linuxprofessional/downloads/ftp/live_eval_int.html

Google is very handy for finding stuff like this

Ooooooh saucer of milk at table 2 !!!

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#10 17-02-2005 5:07pm

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jessy wrote:

Here the link
Google is very handy for finding stuff like this

Wow - that's the most polite STFW I've ever heard!

I've heard Mandrake and Xandros recommended as good user-friendly distros too. I think they have live CDs too.

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#11 01-03-2005 12:00am

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Mandrake is good. I'm running it on my machine with WinXP but not much since I'm having trouble installing Zyxel Prestige 630-11 on it (no internet!).

Download Links:
http://ftp.heanet.ie/pub/mandrake/Mandrakelinux/official/iso/10.1/i586/
http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/ftp.php3

I've only briefly used SuSe Pro 9.0 but it does seem like the dogs' dangly bits.

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#12 19-03-2005 6:21pm

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If you're on PPC, go for YDL

Its got the least steep learning curve over MacOS, as it was designed for people who used Classic (the mouse has one button for a reason...)

However, you do need the latest updates or 4.0 is basically unusable. I'm on 4.01 on a G4 iBook ATM, everything but the wireless card is supported, including the sleep mode and CPU speed scaling.

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