Dan Burcaw (dburcaw@terraplex.com)
Tue, 9 Mar 1999 17:52:56 -0700 (MST)
Whoops.. didn't forward this on to the list :)
Dan
Terra Firma Design & Terra Soft Solutions, Inc.
voice (970) 416-9821 in Fort Collins
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---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Tue, 9 Mar 1999 17:48:31 -0700 (MST)
From: Dan Burcaw <dburcaw@terraplex.com>
To: Evan Read <Evan@AdvComm.Co.NZ>
Subject: Re: iMac and YellowDogLinux
Evan,
This is true.. we are using the monolithic Linux kernel. Gone Home will be
quite different from LinuxPPC R5, etc..
When we designed Champion Server we didn't put huge amounts of time into
things like GUI tools. Most adminstrators, etc. know how to get around
their system without those tools. The goal of this first Champion Server
release was to include many utilities which are quite valuable to the
server. An example of this is the first version of a tool I wrote
called "install-ssh" which makes getting, patching for PPC, and installing
the SSH (Secure Shell) server and clients a simple process.
Also.. now that we have a little traffic on this list ;) .. give us
feedback on things you like to see in future Champion Server and Gone Home
editions..
Dan
> I know it is based on, but I thought it was "based on" as in "we use a
> monolithic architecture" like LinuxPPC (as opposed to MkLinux) but they
> would have to go better than tweaking for much product differentiation.
>
> Otherwise, it would seem PowerPPC would have all the latest developments
> before YDL (I would be using Gone Home, so it doesn't worry me what they
> give out for free on the server side that is better or worse than LinucPPC.
>
> Evan Read
>
>
> >On 3/9/1999 18:43, Matthew McCleary said in living color:
> >
> >> It sounds to me as though Yellow Dog may in fact be the only distribution
> >> that supports the iMac. I personally have been very disappointed by
> >> LinuxPPC on my G3/266, and will be ordering Champion Server when it comes
> >> out.
> >
> >I don't know a whole lot about Yellow Dog Linux but isn't it mostly based on
> >code from the LinuxPPC project, only with some minor tweaks, maybe a
> >modified (or new) installer and the promise of superior installation
> >documentation and support?
> >
> >I would tend to consider that the behavior/performance of Yellow Dog Linux
> >wouldn't be much different from LinuxPPC's.
> >
> >Feel free to correct me if I am wrong.
> >
> >Guillaume Grenier
>
>
>
>
Dan
Terra Firma Design & Terra Soft Solutions, Inc.
voice (970) 416-9821 in Fort Collins
email dburcaw@terraplex.com
website http://www.terraplex.com/
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