Subject: Re: Newbie questions--firewire G3, compatibility,etc.
From: Paul J. Lucas (pjl@barefooters.org)
Date: Wed May 10 2000 - 11:07:31 MDT
On Wed, 10 May 2000, Peter J Muhlberger wrote:
> Can YDL be installed on a firewire G3 so long as I don't need the
> firewire ports?
Yes; however the stock kernel can not be used; see:
http://ppclinux.apple.com/~benh/
> If not, does anyone know when a version of YDL will be available for this G3?
YDL is irrelevant: it's the kernel that matters. YDL is to
Linux what a car dealer is to a car: the dealer just sells cars
and puts on after-market options, it doesn't make the cars.
> Is it possible to switch back and forth between YDL & MacOS, w/o running
> MacOS w/in YDL?
Sure: reboot.
> Can Red Hat Linux (RHL) for the PC read YDL files?
Ordinary files: yes. Unix is Unix is Unix. Binary
executables: no. This is true for all OSs across different CPU
architectures.
> If I develop in Perl, PHP, and Java Server Pages on YDL, will the programs
> run on RHL?
Yes.
> In general, how compatible are packages and their documents between RHL &
> YDL?
100% Linux is Linux is Linux.
> Can I network a YDL Mac w/ a RHL PC?
Yes: ethernet is ethernet is ethernet.
- Paul
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