Re: MANDRAKE or YELLOW DOG?

From: Daniel Boline (ddboline_at_comcast.net)
Date: 10/10/04 

Date: Sat, 09 Oct 2004 19:21:38 -0400

AB PP wrote:

> So, which PPC Linux is faster, more responsive, more compatible and
> with more user base (MANDRAKE or YELLOW DOG)?

Hmm, it depends. If you've used Red Hat, and you can stand Red Hat,
then Yellow Dog will work (its RH based and it shows). YD 3.0.1 worked
fine, but it seemed dated. I personally prefer Mandrake, but to get
something recent you'll have to put up with a testing release (10.1
Beta). Gentoo is another option, but the truth is that anything that
will compile in Gentoo can be packaged in Mandrake or YD.

As for the size of user base, Mandrakes PPC has a significantly smaller
base than its x86 dist, but the x86 base is quite large. The question
that I can't answer for you is how the PPC community stacks up between
Yellow Dog, Gentoo, and Mandrake. 

-- 
Daniel Boline
Dept of Physics, Boston University

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