Subject: RE: Installing Yellow Dog
From: Ray Fryer (r.fyr@verizon.net)
Date: Fri Jan 11 2002 - 09:17:51 MST
At 10:49 AM -0500 1/11/02, Ferwerda Darren (app3dxf) wrote:
>I am not trying to start a flame war, I would like to know where you
>are finding limitations, and how we may be able to help you work
>around them.
Darren.
I wasn't even thinking of anything like that. I didn't want to sound
negative and realize that Linux is a growing operating system and
hope it will be successful. I am all for it. I am just saying that I
am basically spoiled from the Classic Mac operating system which does
most things for you. Linux is presently for more experienced users.
I guess I just need to take my time and try to learn something new.
But right now I have to go somewhere and hope to continue this
discussion some other time. Thank you for responding.
>Ray,
>
> You may want to elaborate on "useable". What my uses are may very
>well not be the uses you are looking for. I am not trying to start a flame
>war, I would like to know where you are finding limitations, and how we may
>be able to help you work around them. I am a programmer who needs a quick,
>stable development machine that can do portable C using GCC and a
>workstation that I can do simplistic Word Doc editing, the ability to access
>NFS servers, and has a precompiled version of Mozilla available. Pretty
>simplistic for example's sake, but that is the jist of it. You may need
>something that is more GUI oriented, if that is what you mean by "usable".
>I find the system very "usable". It supports 10/100 Ethernet, my Airport
>card, sound, and the full resolution of my screen, I am on an iBook, and
>Hopefully soon, a Pismo, but that is still up in the air. :( Anyway, let us
>know where you are having trouble, and we may be able to point you in a
>direction.
>
>Darren
>
>P.S.
>
>Anyone know what may happen if I replace my /etc/yellowdog-release from 2.1
>with 2.0 to install Ximian?
>
>I really want PAN and balsa, but they need library versions that are not
>available in an RPM format from TSS.
>
>Thanks.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Ray Fryer [mailto:r.fyr@verizon.net]
>Sent: Friday, January 11, 2002 10:49 AM
>To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
>Subject: RE: Installing Yellow Dog
>
>
>At 10:32 AM -0500 1/11/02, Ferwerda Darren (app3dxf) wrote:
> >If you would like, use RedHat on Virtual PC, because YDL is based
> >off of the RedHat distribution.
>
>I do have a copy of Red Hat already on VirtualPC but found I didn't
>like it all. I thought it will be a long time before Linux will even
>be useable for the general public. I was hoping Yellow Dog would be
>different but I'm getting the feeling that is basicially the same. I
>do hope there will be time where it will be more practical for anyone
>to use.
>
>
>alternate e-mail: rfyr@mail.com
>
>Beige G3 Desktop w/Motorola ZIF 466mhz processor running 9.2.2, OS
>X.1 Rev B ROM DIMM, 544mb RAM, Apple 48x CD rom -- external yamaha
>CDRW 6x4x16, ADS USB card, ixMicro card, MS optical wheel mouse
>(MacSense 4 port DSL router)
alternate e-mail: rfyr@mail.com
Beige G3 Desktop w/Motorola ZIF 466mhz processor running 9.2.2, OS
X.1 Rev B ROM DIMM, 544mb RAM, Apple 48x CD rom -- external yamaha
CDRW 6x4x16, ADS USB card, ixMicro card, MS optical wheel mouse
(MacSense 4 port DSL router)
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