[muglo] Re: Survey
- From: "Eric D" <hideme666@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: muglo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 12:05:11 -0500
Primary Mac:
PowerBook G3/400 "Pismo" or "FireWire" or "2000" 512 MB RAM, 20 GB drive
OSes on PowerBook G3/400:
1. Mac OS X 10.3.6 on 13.6 GB partition
2. Ubuntu GNU/Linux 4.10 on 5 GB partition
eMail app(s):
Microsoft Entourage
Web-browser used for GMail, Hotmail, Yahoo mail
Browser(s) in OS X:
Safari (Primary), latest version
Camino (Secondary), latest version (updated weekly with CaminoKnight)
Secondary Mac:
PowerMacintosh G3/266 (Beige, "Rev B"), 128 MB RAM, 80 GB + 4 GB
OS used:
YellowDogLinux GNU/Linux 3.0.1
Boot OS used to launch YDL 3.0.1 on "OldWorld" (i.e. pre-iMac) Beige G3:
Mac OS 9.2.2
Under YDL and Ubuntu:
1. I only use FireFox 0.9.3 as the web browser;
2. GNOME is my preferred X-windows manager (no choice in Ubuntu).
PS It's becoming REALLY easy to install and USE GNU/Linux on the Mac. I
already had my PowerBook G3's HD partitioned as 5.1 GB and 13.6 GB (when I
set up the HD one year ago I planned to install another OS sometime in the
future so I partitioned the drive).
All I did was burn the Ubuntu .iso disk image to disk, backed-up my 20 GB
drive to the Beige G3 server (that took a _long_ time), inserted the CD,
rebooted and held down the C key. Then the installer took over and only
asked me a few questions (I accepted all the defaults). "Destroying" the 5
GB partition was easy as pie (all you need to do is RTFS (read the friggin
screen) and even a Mac user could install the OS) and the installer even
automagically connected to my wireless network (& downloaded 40 MB of files
from the web... you need an ethernet/wireless web connection to install).
I still have my OS X partition and now I have a GNU/Linux OS with which I
can experiment (on a laptop nonetheless :).
The same thing applies to YDL.
The difference to novices between YDL and Ubuntu (the only two distros with
which I have experience) is that YDL is of the kitchen-sink philosphy and
Ubuntu is designed around a minimalist philosophy (3 CDs vs 1 CD).
Ubuntu is Debian-based (and is the cutting edge of Debian (a major variant
of GNU/Linux)) whilst YDL is Fedora-based (formerly RedHat; another major
variant of GNU/Linux), nowhere near cutting edge (though, will have fewer
bugs) and has been around a lot longer than Ubuntu (6 years vs. 1 month).
<http://www.ubuntulinux.org/>
<http://www.yellowdoglinux.com/>
<http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=8407>
Eric.
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