Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Wed 22nd Oct 2003 17:42 UTC
My first experience with Linux on a PPC machine was Pegasos PPC and Debian. Last weekend I upgraded my Cube G4 450 Mhz and with a blazingly fast 120 GB 7200 RPM WD drive (for just $58!) to replace the default (and extremely slow) 20 GB Maxtor IDE drive. In this vast drive space, there is enough room for more than one operating system, so I decided to install Yellow Dog Linux 3.0 (and then upgrade to 3.0.1 via APT) as an addition to Mac OS X 10.3 Panther. Read more for my impressions of YDL 3.0.1 and check some screenshots too.
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Howdy,
I am sending you these comments from a Yellow Dog system. I have had it running for a couple of months now and it works quite well for me. My system is a Power Macintosh 7600 with a G3/400 upgrade and 384 meg of ram.
As regards your yum problem, you need to be more patient, grasshopper. It gets a little further in downloading headers each time you run it. I think I issued the command about 20 times on my first update before it got all the headers. Since then, it has been fine.
Secondly, at least for machines like mine, you need to let the Mac OS9 boot up all the way before switching to Linux. Otherwise, your sound won't work.
And while my machine has been quite solid, it is slower than I think it should be. I believe the cache is not enabled, but I don't know how to prove it.
Good day