John - I'd love a copy of whatever you have available, thanks! I'll bring some blank CDs to the next LUG meeting.
I was a little curious about something I read on yellowdoglinux.com: "YDL may co-exist with Mac OS in a dual-boot environment or replace the Mac OS on "New World ROM" (Blue & White G3s) and newer machines." Does that mean that any machine older than a G3 *must* be dual-boot? - Mike -----Original Message----- From: John Hebert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2001 6:21 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [brluglist] Any LinuxPPC/OSX/BSD/Mac geeks out there? Hey Mike, You want me to burn a copy of YDL 2.0 for you? I know that YDL 2.1 was just released but I haven't downloaded it yet. If I do, I'll burn a copy for you if you wish. I don't know of any open source app to video editing. It's really for my wife for her thesis project, and she doesn't have the patience to deal with the rough edges of an open source app. So I'll keep looking around. John Hebert --- "Melancon, Mike" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've got a PowerMac 8500 sitting right next to me as > I type this. I had > been meaning to get a copy of Yellow Dog Linux and > try it out, so I'm glad > you posted this report. There is a core group at > the Capitol that are Mac > zealots. I always admired their tenacity, managing > to cling to their Macs > while everyone else went to Intel/M$. > > Our Mac guru tells me that Final Cut, the video > editing software, will run > on any Mac that's running MacOS9 or better. He says > iMovie is a stripped > down version of Final Cut. However, I don't > believe, that at $1000 a copy > on Apple.com, it qualifies as Open Source. Is there > Linux based video > editing s/w that you could run on Yellow Dog? > > So, while I don't qualify as a Mac geek, I am > certainly interested in > LinuxPPC. Apple makes good hardware, and I bet a > slightly used Mac would > make a great Linux workstation. (sounds like you > got a good deal, btw.) > > - Mike > > -----Original Message----- > From: John Hebert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2001 11:57 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [brluglist] Any LinuxPPC/OSX/BSD/Mac geeks > out there? > > > I recently bought a used PowerMac 8500 and installed > Yellow Dog Linux (http://www.yellowdoglinux.com) on > it. YDL uses RPM and has lots of neato features like > YUP (YDL Updater), etc. > > I also read that Darwin (the BSD core of Mac OSX) > now > runs on some PowerPC chips, including my 8500! So, > I'm > going to attempt to install Darwin and later OSX on > my > 8500. > > Which brings me to my question: are there any Mac > geeks on this mailing list? It's been a heck of a > while since I played with a Mac at length, but it > seems easy enough. I have a few questions, like: Can > I > run some kinda video editing app like iMovie on > MacOS > 8.0.1? Where would I download files? etc, etc. > > I'm hoping to generate more interest in Mac OSX in > the > BRLUG, since it is UNIX at its core. The move by > Apple > to an open source based kernel was one of the > biggest > events in the last few years to support the open > source movement. I am very surprised that there > hasn't > been more excitement about it in the open source > community. The PowerPC chip is very fast for the > price: I paid $100 for the PowerMac 8500 (128MB RAM, > 8GB ext drive) and monitor. I plan to make it a > development server running either Linux for PPC or > OSX. > > John Hebert > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals. > http://personals.yahoo.com > ================================================ > BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group > Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. > Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change > your subscription information. > ================================================ > ================================================ > BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group > Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. > Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change > your subscription information. > ================================================ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals. http://personals.yahoo.com ================================================ BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change your subscription information. ================================================ ================================================ BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change your subscription information. ================================================
