Unfortunately, development on YDL stopped with 6.2. Others have converted to Ubuntu, saying it works right out of the box. I haven't made the leap yet but will have to soon. It is debian based and comes with a rich desktop environment.
On Fri, 2011-03-04 at 07:13 -0700, Thomas Carlson wrote: > First of all, thank you for your thoughtful response. > > Let me explain why I am involved with these issues. I am a retired teacher > and computer lab tech who worked in a Mac-centric school district who happens > to have a gaggle of PowerMac G4 machines (mostly digital audios and one > quicksilver), similar to those I worked with at school. They originally ran > OS X Tiger, which Apple stopped supporting last year. Many school districts > (cash strapped) have an abundance of older PPC machines that can't even run > OS X Leopard, let alone the latest version. I would like for there to be a > viable option, such as desktop Linux, that would work on these machines to > enable their continued use. But it would have to install properly and not > require a lot of command line work to enable file and screen sharing. > > Mostly, I have worked withe the PPC version of Debian. Squeeze has just come > out, we are on to Wheezy. Debian seems to be where most of the ongoing > development in PPC Linux seems to be happening. Problem is, on my machines, > the Debian installer assigns the wrong kernel module to the system such that > the sound doesn't work. Also, file and screen sharing require a lot of > command line work to connect with machines running later versions of OS X > because of their use of Bonjour for password encryption. This is a problem > with Samba, too. To put things simply, desktop Linux would just have to > work, out of the box, for it to be useful to school districts. > > This may very well be a big waste of time. I find that many old time Linux > geeks kind of sniff at the idea of accommodating the average computer user. > Hence, articles on Slashdot like this: > > http://linux.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/03/03/006250 > > Again, thanks for your response. > > Cheers, Tom > __ > Thomas Carlson > 2319 La Senda > Santa Fe, NM 87505 > 505-603-5526 > http://www.ifixoldmacs.com > > > > > On Mar 3, 2011, at 5:47 PM, Derick Centeno wrote: > > > Hi Tom! > > > > The only difference YDL has versus other Linux distros is that YDL runs > > on PowerPC systems. This means that you should be able to utilize > > keyboard commands and scripts/macros implemented elsewhere in > > traditional Linux window managers and environments like KDE, GNOME, e17, > > or your favorite windows environment. For me, you can't go wrong with XFCE. > > > > First, regarding the windows environments, make sure that yum knows > > where all the repositories are for acquiring whatever libraries, tools, > > etc those environments need. You can pick up nice information how to > > program yum at the YDL Board (http://yellowdog-board.com/) > > > > Regarding shortcuts in Linux you can program them yourself very easily > > using macro shortcuts embedded within the windows environment you use. > > Nautilus within e17, will behave differently from say xfce or gnome but > > the principles are similar. Here is a brief page discussing what to > > expect: > > http://www.dailygyan.com/2008/03/create-shortcut-and-hotkey-to-eject.html > > > > All the best... > > > > > > On 3/3/2011 4:21 PM, Thomas Carlson wrote: > > > > ... Is there any keyboard command like that in YDL? > >> > >>> > >>>> > >>>> Tom > >>>> __ > >>>> Thomas Carlson > >>>> 2319 La Senda > >>>> Santa Fe, NM 87505 > >>>> 505-603-5526 > >>>> http://www.ifixoldmacs.com > >> _______________________________________________ > >> yellowdog-general mailing list - yellowdog-general@lists.fixstars.com > >> Unsuscribe info: > >> http://lists.fixstars.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general > >> HINT: to Google archives, try '<keywords> site:us.fixstars.com' > >> > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > yellowdog-general mailing list - yellowdog-general@lists.fixstars.com > > Unsuscribe info: > > http://lists.fixstars.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general > > HINT: to Google archives, try '<keywords> site:us.fixstars.com' > > _______________________________________________ > yellowdog-general mailing list - yellowdog-general@lists.fixstars.com > Unsuscribe info: http://lists.fixstars.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general > HINT: to Google archives, try '<keywords> site:us.fixstars.com' > _______________________________________________ yellowdog-general mailing list - yellowdog-general@lists.fixstars.com Unsuscribe info: http://lists.fixstars.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general HINT: to Google archives, try '<keywords> site:us.fixstars.com'
