Yellow Dog Linux 2.3

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ohmelas

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Hello All,

In my great switch I've inherited an almost useless old Performa 6400. Considering its limitations and my unwillinness to scrounge around on Ebay for software I thought this would make a great box to try Linux out on my Power PC. I know that it works and finally got it installed.

Has anyone on the forum had good success with Yellow Dog and although I'm new to the installation and going through a manual with it currently (feels like DOS but more powerful) I'd like to get more intune with GNOME and KDE.

I understand that KDE has a unified C-oriented development environment. Does anyone here do KDE for the Mac?
 
When you say KDE for the Mac, do you mean a KDE interface for Mac OS X? I don't believe such a thing exists, I'd stick with YDL, which IS great on a system like that...
 
Michael: Actually, KDE has been fully ported to Mac OS X. You can use Fink to install it: http://fink.sourceforge.net/

However, in this instance I believe Ohmelas was referring to installing KDE through Yellow Dog Linux, as this might be installed on an old Performa 6400, while Mac OS X most definitely cannot.
And, when Ohmelas referred to "doing" KDE, I think that was referring to programming for the KDE set of APIs.

Ohmelas: I've never actually programmed for KDE, but I suspect your best place to find people who do, is to visit:
http://developer.kde.org/
and:
http://www.kde.org/
 
ohmelas said:
Has anyone on the forum had good success with Yellow Dog and although I'm new to the installation and going through a manual with it currently (feels like DOS but more powerful) I'd like to get more intune with GNOME and KDE.
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Yellow Dog is a good flavor for people who are just starting out with linux. It's fairly quick and power-full, but yet it also is very user-friendly when it comes to installing it. If you are new to *nix, it is a good way to get on your feet.

I don't know how big your hardrive is on that (it sounds like an older computer). If you know some stuff about linux/unix, you might want to use gentoo linux a shot. It lets you configure the install the way you want it, and the result (if it dosen't get borked along the way.
:( ) is a small, and sleek distro. the drawback is that it isn't very user-friendly when it comes to installing it. The bootable cds drop you in a comand line, and it's your job to prepare the system, and install everything. It's a great learning exsperiance, and lets you see what the installers are doing under the hood, but it's not something I'd recomend if you are new to this end of the spectrum.

It's basicaly just find what is best for you. I know I was pretty pleased with Yellow Dog.
 
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