Ydl 6.0

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Terra Soft Releases YDL v6.0 for Apple PowerPC, Sony PS3, IBM System P

LOVELAND, Colorado - 5 February 2008 - Terra Soft today released Yellow Dog Linux v6.0 for Sony PS3, Apple G4/G5, and IBM System p. Built upon the CentOS foundation, a popular derivative of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), YDL v6.0 offers enterprise quality for the home user.

"This particular release marks an important point in our history, leading into our tenth year of Linux OS development and distribution for the Power architecture. To put things in perspective, in the spring of 1999 all installers were text-based, cell phone modems functioned only in the movies, and the fastest desktops ran at 300MHz ... it would be another year before we shipped with AltiVec support. Now, the Cell CPU offers 3.2GHz across 9 cores and our cell phones nearly equal the performance of a desktop of 1999," states Kai Staats, Terra Soft CEO.

YDL v6.0 delivers the professional quality of an enterprise level Linux distribution to a just-works desktop experience for both PS3 and Apple PowerPC. Built upon CentOS with select Fedora 7 components, YDL v6.0 integrates the "E17" desktop to provide a lean, uncluttered interface.

Staats concludes, "We remain proud to provide the finest Linux OS for Power experience, and it just keeps getting better. Many thanks to Red Hat, the open source community and CentOS team, IBM and Sony for making YDL v6.0 possible. Enjoy!"

Yellow Dog Linux v6.0 supports:
- Sony PS3.
- Apple PowerPC G4, G5.
- IBM System p (JS2x, 510, 520, 540).
- 802.11b Airport auto-configuration; Extreme with configuration.
- Audio on all tested machines.
- Sony PS3 Sixaxis game controller.
- Cell phone internet connections with configuration.

Yellow Dog Linux v6.0 key features:
- E17 & Gnome installed by default, KDE included.
- Gnash, the Flash work-alike.
- Ekiga VoIP, Pidgin IM/IRC, and Fluendo codec installer.
- kernel v2.6.23, gcc v4.1.1, gblic v2.5, and Eclipse v3.2.2
- The only Linux distribution to include by default Cell SDK v3.0.
- IBM iRT (interactive raytrace) demo available via YDL.net Enhanced.

The YDL installer enables anyone to install Linux. Post-install, the default application set includes the Firefox web browser, Thunderbird email client, Pidgin IM/IRC client, Ekiga Voice over IP phone application, OpenOffice, gThumb and GIMP, RythmBox Music Player, games, multimedia applications, and a suite of personal accessories. Development and server tools are available from the custom installation menus.

The Fluendo multimedia codec installer enables MP3 support (included for free) and other proprietary sound and video media decoders to be legally purchased, downloaded, and installed, greatly enhancing the Linux desktop experience.

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Yellow Dog Linux v6.0 is immediately available via YDL.net Enhanced accounts which may be purchased at the [Please register to see this link. ]

The physical DVD sets will ship from Terra Soft in 2 weeks. The public mirrors will offer v6.0 downloads in one month.

[Coded-Dude]

I just downloaded it...will burn it to DVD and try it later today or tomorrow.

[THEAVS]

Originally Posted by Coded-Dude

I just downloaded it...will burn it to DVD and try it later today or tomorrow.

Would you be able to make a torrent or upload the ISO?

[Coded-Dude]

i don't torrent and I believe its too large to upload to a file share, so unless PS3HAX allows me to put it here(in the downloads section) I don't know how plausible that is....sorry.

[THEAVS]

Originally Posted by Coded-Dude

i don't torrent and I believe its too large to upload to a file share, so unless PS3HAX allows me to put it here(in the downloads section) I don't know how plausible that is....sorry.

Would it be possible for a link to where you downloaded it from?

[tp11373]

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Is this saying that an update is available though YDL 5.02?

[Coded-Dude]

You cannot do a simple upgrade from YDL 5 to YDL 6 as YDL 6 is a completely new version of YDL. You will have to do a full reinstall.

Video is driving me nuts. I got it working in 720p and 1080i(for my 1080i HDTV), but at weird resolutions. I need to figure out my exact modelines and reconfigure xorg.conf Nautilus is not drawing to my desktop properly, I get a full screen desktop with the E17 menu at the top and am able to change the background, but nautilus shows up as a smaller box in the bottom right hand corner of the screen with its own blank blue background.

[tp11373]

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I think the ydl 6.0 thread on these boards addresses the issue you are having. Also,
there is a pdf guide on TerraSoft website.

[Coded-Dude]

Thanks I checked the ydl.net forums and found nothing.
TerraSoft doesn't have much in their "solutions" section.
Mostly how to use the ps3-video-mode, and that works fine.

I'm going through those forums now.
[EDIT] Got it..... Menu -> Windows - Cleanup Windows
(that fixed the nautilus issue, now to address my resolutions properly)
thanks

[tp11373]

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The guy in this thread seems to be having the very same problem as you.








I wish there was some way to download this now without having to wait til March.
Has anyone found a site to DL it yet? ANyone?