My experience in ppc systems is mostly providing operations and some programming support for AIX and VOS based proprietary ppc systems. I don't have significant experience working within the open source universe when compared against these other skills.
In addressing your question quickly, "the best distro" for you depends upon what you are doing with your ppc. Fedora is an open source project supported by volunteers. Fedora has provided ppc support for a long time, but there is no promise that it will continue to do so. Indeed, other open source distributions have made the choice to drop support for the ppc for a various reasons. Fedora, just like all other similar linux distributions which support the ppc, are split in the service and attention they provide. In brief, their primary support is of the x86 version of their software and then later they adapt that software so that it may be recompiled within ppc systems. These projects cannot design for or address the unique hardware elements within ppc systems which either don't exist or are implemented differently in the x86 universe. TSS, the designers of YDL, are specialists in ppc technology. YDL alone, of all the linux distributions, has the full attention of professionals who can maximize what the ppc can do. It is true that not everyone needs such expertise if one is merely surfing the net within Firefox on a ppc. However, if you are engaged in advanced commercial work requiring the unique characteristics of the ppc or other work requiring the special advantages of ppc hardware then TSS is the company you want and YDL is the linux distribution you need. Because of my interests in advanced areas of various sciences the ppc is my cpu of choice and YDL the linux distro I need. On Mon, 03 Sep 2007 22:47:55 +0200 sacarde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > In my view using fedora which is too far ahead is just as > > problematic as using fedora (or anything else) which is too far > > behind. > > I dont understand.... > for you, which is the best distro in ppc ? > _______________________________________________ > yellowdog-newbie mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-newbie ======== The scientist's religious feeling takes the form of a rapturous amazement at the harmony of natural law, which reveals an intelligence of such superiority that, in comparison with it, the highest intelligence of human beings is an utterly insignificant reflection. This feeling is the guiding principle of his life and work. -- Albert Einstein, Scientist.
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