Subject: Re: linuxppc 2000 v. yellowdog linux champion server 1.2
From: John L Grantham (jgrantha@hannover.sgh-net.de)
Date: Sun Feb 27 2000 - 16:32:58 MST
On 28/2/00 12:11 am, le desordre, c'est moi at il0001@drake.edu was
inspired to say:
>i just have a general question for people who have perhaps used both, or
>maybe from those who haven't but may have something interesting to say. .
>.i've been looking at different options for linux on my imac dv and was
>looking for specific reasons toi use/avoid either of these distributions. .
>.any thoughts?
Broadly speaking, the two are (or better said, will be--neither is quite
out yet) more or less the same, at least in terms of available software.
Both are based on Red Hat 6.x, both have a Red Hat installer available,
and so on. The kernel support for the iMac DV will be more or less the
same, since both use the same kernel tree. LinuxPPC 2000 also supports
direct-booting from CD on the iMac DV; I don't know if YDL CS 1.2 will,
but I assume that it will do so.
It depends on what you want to do. LinuxPPC 2000 is probably a little
better for beginners, since its X GUI installer is generally easier to
use than the Red Hat installer used with YDL CS. LinuxPPC 2000 has a new
GUI Linux-native disk partitioner that's pretty nice IMO. But YDL CS is a
little better for more advanced users (especially those wanting to run a
server), given its greater concentration on that area. YDL also has a
reputation for being a bit more secure than LinuxPPC's installation.
I guess you could say that LinuxPPC 2000 is essentially trying to be the
OS for everything--server, workstation, PC--whereas YDL CS tries to
concentrate on being a good server OS (YDL is bringing out a
home-user-oriented version as well, Gone Home, at a later date). So if
you want something more specialized, YDL is your thing; if you're wanting
a more general-purpose OS, then you should probably get LinuxPPC.
I personally use a mish-mash of both (most recently updating with
LinuxPPC 2000 Lite)--in the end Linux is just what you make out of it. My
installation was originally MkLinux DR2.1, then I began updating the
components with newer distros (MkLinux DR3 -> LinuxPPC R4.1 -> YDL CS 1.0
-> YDL CS 1.1 -> LinuxPPC 1999 Q3 -> LinuxPPC 2000 Lite -> ?). Of course,
in the meantime a lot of junk has built up...I probably should clean it
up a bit...but what the heck, nobody uses it but me, and it runs. :-)
Maybe I'll tar.gz the whole thing up and market it as John-O-Linux.
Guaranteed to generate error messages on startup. :-)
cya
John
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