Yellow Dog Linux 3.0 Hits Mirrors

Morganic writes "After checking periodically for the past couple days, I noticed that YDL 3.0 has hit the mirrors, a day early (in fact, the page above still says it's not available, but the mirrors at the bottom are carrying it). Anyone got a BitTorrent?"

Er.

[rplacd]

They probably haven't made the release public because they want the mirrors to catch up. Now that you've told the world about it, the mirror sites have to compete with users trying to download it.

Yeah, it's out

[yummyporkproducts]

I downloaded it last night, though I've run into problems installing it.... I manage to get 98% done and the installer crashes. Grrrr

Why bother?

[hoser]

I'm asking this to provoke some answers rather than trying to be a troll, but why would someone want to use a linux distro on a mac in the age of OS X?

Re:Why bother?

[Eagle7]

I cannot stand the UI in OS X (I am too attached to X Windows, with X style copy & paste, multiple desktops with edge flipping, and sloppy focus). And the OS X mouse driver sucks - the acceleration (AFAIK) is horrible and not adjustable, and none of the third party utilities for it have made it usable enough for me.

That, and after 6 or 7 years, I just understand and am comfortable with Linux.

Not that I don't think OS X is a good and/or capable OS, and that some of the iApps are really slick. But being comfortable with the UI is #1 with me, and I just can't get comfortable with OS X's UI. Really the only think I miss running Linux on my iBook (read: have to boot into OS X for) is playing DVDs on my TV. And Flash I guess. Other than that, it's perfect.

Re:Yeah, it's out

[apemn88]

Yep...downloaded at 22k/s, burnt it, and it crashed just before finishing. Anyone got this to actually install? I'm running dual 1.42, Radeon 9000, gig of RAM....

Re:There's nothing "OS X-only" about them

[dadragon]

Apple hasn't done anything to prevent any other OS from booting on the new machines; it simply isn't updating Mac OS 9 to support them any longer. Nothing sinister, nothing crippled, no "blocking".

Don't be surprised if a third party enabler for OS 9.2 on the new PowerBook or any other new machine. The mac community likes their OS 9. I only use it for the original Unreal, but everything else runs fine in Classic.