Subject: Re: YDL vs SuSe 7.0 PPC
From: Robert Vogt IV (robert@arborhost.com)
Date: Fri Nov 03 2000 - 07:10:07 MST
Tony,
> Has anyone had experience with both of these versions of Linux. How do they
> compare? I've been doing some research, it seems like SuSe provide better
> all around support and maintenance to its version of Linux. For example, I
> am currently running YDL 1.2.1 and want to install Kde 2.0. At first glance,
> I saw that on the KDE.org site, there was no ready rpm's ready for YDL, so I
> wrote them an email asking them when they expect to have one. I got a
> response almost immediately saying that Kde.org donšt provide the rpms for
> the different platforms themselves, but rather the different companies
> compile their versions and send it FDE to post on their site. KDE also
> mentioned that YDL has never done so in the past and that I was better off
> compiling a version myself. I'm a beginner to Linux, and while I'm learning
> pretty quickly about the ins and outs of compiling, it can still be quite
> intimidating. As a newcomer to Linux, I would much rather have most things
> made easy so that I can more comfortably learn.
In my opinion, the result of experience with both distributions,
Yellow Dog Linux is MUCH better than SuSe. Additionally, you get into
problems with SuSe's distributions, since they run on i386's and PPC's
(among others, I believe). Also, SuSe's PPC development effort has been
rather pitiful... :)
In contast, I've never had a problem with YDL, and my company runs
it on all of our G4 servers (we do Web Hosting).
Sincerely,
Robert Vogt IV
CEO
ArborHost
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