Its a fork more than a port - a PowerPC specific fork. As a result, its much more optomised for the PPC, with the kind of software you need on PPC and not x86 - mouse emulation, powerbook hotkeys, airport config tools, and so on
Cian On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 10:51:32 -0600, Joshua Wehner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Just for clarification: I thought YDL was based on RH/Fedora. Is that > wrong? If it's correct, then how is YDL more than just a port? > > > -- joshua > > On Feb 28, 2005, at 9:56 AM, Cian Duffy wrote: > > > Poorly. > > > > Its just an x86 system, ported. I last used it on an OldWorld machine > > some time ago, and its only concession to being on PPC was pbbuttonsd > > for laptop hotkey support. No mouse emulation out of the box, etc. > > > > YDL is designed to run on the Macintosh, Mandrake is designed for x86. > > > > Cian > > > > > > On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 10:52:54 -0500, Larry Varney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > >> I have ordered one of the most recent 12" iBooks. I have Linux on > >> several non-Mac desktop machines, so I am of course interested in > >> having > >> it on the laptop. > >> I suspect that the general consensus on this list will be in favor > >> of > >> YDL, but what about Mandrake? I have it on one of my desktops, and I > >> like it. In your opinion, how does its PPC offering compare to YDL? > >> Thanks for any input. > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> yellowdog-general mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general > >> HINT: to Google archives, try '<keywords> > >> site:terrasoftsolutions.com' > >> > > > > > > -- > > --------------------------- > > "We're busy running out of time" > > Bernard Sumner, 1993 > > _______________________________________________ > > yellowdog-general mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general > > HINT: to Google archives, try '<keywords> site:terrasoftsolutions.com' > > > > _______________________________________________ > yellowdog-general mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general > HINT: to Google archives, try '<keywords> site:terrasoftsolutions.com' > -- --------------------------- "We're busy running out of time" Bernard Sumner, 1993 _______________________________________________ yellowdog-general mailing list [email protected] http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general HINT: to Google archives, try '<keywords> site:terrasoftsolutions.com'
