Subject: Re: Mandrake 8.0 - PPC (a.k.a. everything I expected from YDL2.0)
From: Andy Green (agreen1@austin.rr.com)
Date: Fri Sep 07 2001 - 22:05:54 MDT
I'm very new to Linux but know enough about programing to be dangerous. I
have 5+ years of experience as a graphic artist and web programmer. I am an
independant consultant but would be more than happy to volunteer my time if
needed. Let me know :)
Andy
On Friday 07 September 2001 10:33, you wrote:
> I just wanted to second Andrews notion. I would be glad to volunteer
> time. I am not a programmer, however I would be happy to test
> anything you throw my way. I have a compliment of mac's from early G3
> to dual 800 g4's. I am working on acquiring an ANS as well.
>
> --Brian
>
> >On Friday, September 7, 2001, at 04:58 PM, Christopher Murtagh wrote:
> >>On Fri, 7 Sep 2001, Dan Burcaw wrote:
> >>>How about, support the small guy that is committed to your platform?
> >>
> >> This is why I buy YDL for PPC, and Mandrake for my single Intel box.
> >> BTW, I've had far more problems getting Mandrake installed properly on a
> >> Dell PIII 550 than *any* YDL install I've ever done. A large part of the
> >> problems is that the Intel box really doesn't handle SCSI in an elegant
> >> way.
> >>
> >>>So I guess this brings up a good question: how can we, as Terra Soft,
> >>>make YDL a best of class distribution knowing that the economics of
> >>>today, and this market in particular, don't allow us to hire many
> >>>people? I'd love to hear feed back on this.
> >>
> >> How about getting volunteers? I would be happy to volunteer (free
> >>labor!) to help out TerraSoft in any way I could. Contact me privately if
> >>this interests you.
> >
> >And while I plan to pick up some programming in my spare time (we'll
> >have to see if it does any good... haven't programmed since High
> >School)... I'd be willing to entertain the notion of helping
> >Terrasoft with their LinuxPPC nubus effort...(nonexistent I'm
> >sure...) and also LinuxPPC with their older RS/6000 effort. I just
> >acquired 7 old RS/6000's, 3 Nubus Powermacs, and 2 Quadras...all of
> >which will be running either Net/OpenBSD, Linux, or AIX depending on
> >what I end up liking the most.... not depending on what is least
> >challenging to get running.
> >
> >Andrew
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