| Yellow Dog 5.0.1 aims updated Linux at older Macs |
Mar. 27, 2007
Terra Soft Solutions today announced the release of Yellow Dog Linux 5.0.1, a specialty distribution for older, PowerPC-based Apple G3, G4, and G5 computers. The distribution is said to have added more than 500 package updates to go with its 2.6.17 kernel and Enlightenment E17 desktop environment.
Yellow Dog Linux (YDL) was released last fall for the Sony PlayStation 3 with support for the former Apple PowerPC product line. Built upon Fedora Core 5/6, YDL v5.0.1 integrates the Enlightenment E17 desktop to provide "an unprecedented level of function and interface aesthetic," a company spokesperson said in the release announcement.
"Designed for users of all ages and all levels of experience, Yellow Dog Linux v5.0.1 gives new life to displaced Power Macs," the spokesperson added.
Key new features, as listed by the company, in Yellow Dog Linux v5.0.1 include:- Support for Apple PowerPC G3, G4, G5 systems
- USB storage, USB camera, and FireWire auto-mount
- 802.11b Airport auto-configuration
- 802.11g Airport Extreme (requires configuration)
- PCMCIA card wi-fi support (requires configuration)
- Audio support for all tested machines
- Enlightenment E17 desktop installed by default
Standard software includes: - a graphical installer
- OpenOffice.org 2.0.2 office suite
- a full-featured suite of control panels
- Thunderbird 1.5.0.4 email client
- GIMP 2.2.11 graphics editor
- GAIM 1.5.0 messenger
- KDE and GNOME desktops optionally available
Starting with version 5.0, the company has also built a specialized edition for Sony PlayStation 3 with the Enlightenment desktop, the spokesperson said.
Yellow Dog Linux is an operating system that offers the best of Linux for PowerPC. Yellow Dog Linux includes a wide-variety of applications and utilities, elegant graphical environments, server applications, and hard-core programming tools.
Based in Loveland, Colo., Terra Soft is a privately held corporation whose primary market position is to advance the abilities of PowerPC Linux while supporting the open source philosophy, the spokesperson said.
Yellow Dog Linux 5.0.1 is available for immediate purchase and download from Terra Soft's online store (about $70). It will be released to public mirrors for free download in about one month's time, the company said.
Screen shots can be viewed here, thanks to LinuxQuestions.org.
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