On Wed, 2003-06-11 at 00:14, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Adam Williamson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > > On Tue, 2003-06-10 at 15:32, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > >> By observing people around, I'll tend to say that they use OSX because > >> debian/ppc (the non x86 "standard linux distro") is not easy to install, and > >> doesn't seem to use the macintosh hardware as efficient as OSX could. Mandrake > >> PPC has a good chance to gain users to the linux cause. OSX has still some bad > >> points, like speed problems. > >> > >> Or at least that's how the situation is seen for most technological advanced > >> mac users. > > > > AFAICT, Yellow Dog is considered the "standard" distro for PPC, not > > Debian PPC. > > you're right. Debian is the non x86 standard, but actually yes, yellow ppc is > the ppc standard. I never tried it. Is it good? I know their installation is > modular and their installation system is similar from drakX (write once, run in > newt-gtk), but less powerfull (the gentoo installer guys wanted to use it, but > it's not that good).
Haven't tried it, I don't have a Mac :). I followed the threads after MDK 9.1 PPC was released, though - quite a lot of people saying YDL was more polished in terms of supporting Mac hardware. But no first-hand experience. -- adamw
