> >> On 5/27/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>* <[EMAIL > >> PROTECTED] > >> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > >> > >> Hey everybody, > >> > >> I'm an old Debian user and I wonder which benefits YDL (Red Hat > >> based) > >> provides in comparison with other distros. A friend of mine > >> installed a > >> ppc build of Ubuntu on his PS3 and as I'm used to Debians apt I think > >> about to give it a try. The problem is I don't know if there are > >> other > >> reasons like hardware support issues which are pro YDL. > >> > >> May be a developer/maintainer of YDL or a experienced user can > >> compare > >> YDL to "normal" distros. Why should I use YDL instead of Fedora > >> or Ubuntu?
I first tried installing Debian (on a dual G5 PowerMac), and eventually gave up due to a parted (Debian partitioner) bug: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=354951 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=378593 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=388085 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=443272 (apparently all instances of the same bug). The issue affects people that want to be able to boot OSX and Linux from the same drive. Installation of YDL worked immediately on the same partitions that were giving problems with Debian. I did not try other distros. furio _______________________________________________ yellowdog-general mailing list [email protected] http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general HINT: to Google archives, try '<keywords> site:terrasoftsolutions.com'
