Sean Can only echo your sentiments re Yellow Dog, as I found it easier to install, with more apps that worked than most PC distros, Mandrake Linux being bloatusware loaded with buggy/experimental apps that needed more time developing before being bundled. Hope this should encourage you a bit more Jon.
Best Regards Pete "To mess up a Mac OS X box, you need to work at it; to mess up your Windows box, you just need to work on it." -----Original Message----- From: G-List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sean Lewis Sent: Wednesday, 23 June 2004 5:41 PM To: G-List Subject: Re: Newbie help Hi Jon Personally I've had EXCELLENT results with YellowDog Linux, its based on Red Hat but the Sirius Distro is free and the iso's are freely downloadable from their servers. The only thing is, the current kernal won't install properly on a achine that has run 10.2.8 due to a firmware update in that system. You would need to download a new kernal and install it. Procedures for this are detailed on yellowdogs site, although not for the faint hearted. I was an absolute linux beginner, and yellowdog helped me to learn an awful lot. Before Yellowdog I tried the PPC distro of Mandrake but could never get it to work properly, probably my ineptitude more than anything else. Hope this helps. Sean jon salenger wrote: >Hi, > >I'm a brand-newbie who is looking to install linux on my 867 mHz >quicksilver. Haven't even chosen a distribution yet. I'd like to avoid >RedHat and other, more commercial, distributions, but I'm not sure >which flavor to use, since I've never actually used any of them. > >I don't mind a learning curve if I'm able to find out what I need >online/at the library. > >Any recommendations? > >Also, I wouldn't mind taking a CC class or something, if someone >recommends that I take one first. > >Thanks much, > >jon > > > > -- Sean Lewis IT Co-Ordinator [595] ---------------------------------------------------- Gratterpalm Group Kirkstall Design Centre, Bridge Road, Leeds, LS5 3BW ---------------------------------------------------- Tel: 0113 275 9326 DDi: 0113 284 4595 Fax: 0113 275 1239 Web: http://www.gratterpalm.co.uk ---------------------------------------------------- -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
