[muglo] Re: Default Browser & Mail (& OT Linux)
- From: "billwest" <billwest@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: muglo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 2 Oct 2004 20:21:14 -0700
Excellent Eric! We can get Yellow Dog pre-installed on a new iBook from
terrasoftsolutions:
http://www.terrasoftsolutions.com
On Sat, 02 Oct 2004 22:51:11 -0400, "Eric D" <hideme666@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: "Eric D" <hideme666@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: muglo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Reply-To: muglo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [muglo] Re: Default Browser & Mail (& OT Linux)
> Date: Sat, 02 Oct 2004 22:51:11 -0400
>
> Also in Apple:System Preferences:Internet preferences pane!
>
> Eric.
>
> PS Am running two OSes simultaneously on a Beiige G3 (YellowDogLinux 3.0.1
> with OS X 10.2.8. If I had a little more memory I'd see if I could run
> Classic in the OS X 10.2.8).
>
> YDL Isn't quite up to "easy" to set up but it's within reach of the
> not-so-expert computer users (out of the box it ran quite nicely... the
> problem is that conceptually it's not like other OSes and the integration of
> components isn't quite there yet... they're working on version 4 but I'm not
> brave enough to jump ship). Regardless, "out of the box" it ran flawlessly
> first time around without fiddling! I got the web up and running (for
> browsing) with no effort whatsoever. Setting up a webserver wasn't quite as
> easy but now that I know what to do (install www.webmin.com) any old
> slightly knowledgeable beginner could do Linux on a Mac. Browsing the web on
> YDL is even faster than in OS X on the same machine.
>
> Anyway, I've got a dirt cheap machine with a big drive (80 GB... damn
> they're cheap ($80) that functions quite nicely as http, file, ftp, ssh
> server and experimental machine (it's rock-solid-stable... no crashes
> yet!... well, the GUI's gone down twice but the machine didn't crash
> (relaunched the GUI by loggin in from my PowerBook G3 ;)).
>
> By version 5 I suspect that YellowDogLinux will be sufficiently refined to
> allow normal ability users to use it without having to go into the command
> line to fix things (right now it's at that stage but only if all you plan to
> do is word processing and web browsing with the apps built-in (installing
> software is a tad tricky still since you have to delve into the world of the
> command line... though, I now have FireFox and a newer version of Mozilla
> running)).
>
> Eric.
>
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