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Christopher Negus

"Linux Bible, 2008 Edition: Boot up to Ubuntu, Fedora, KNOPPIX, Debian, openSUSE, and 11 Other Distributions"


Yellow Dog Linux 5.0.2 offers four full CDs of software with some of the following applications:
 2.6.22 Linux Kernel
 X Window System server (X.Org 1.0.1)
 KDE 3.5.5 desktop (unified with GNOME to provide easy access to programs from either
desktop environment)
 GNOME 2.14.1 desktop (again, unified with KDE to provide easy access to programs
from either desktop environment)
 OpenOffice 2.0.2 (suite of productivity tools including a spreadsheet program, drawing
program, presentation software, and a full-featured, Microsoft Word??“compatible word
processor)
 More than 1,300 other application packages from programming tools to Web browsers
The wide range of applications included on the Yellow Dog CDs is enough to keep even the most
computer-savvy person happy, but many more choices are available on the Internet, so you should
be able to find an application that fits your needs.
Fedora is the community-supported version of what was previously the ubiquitous Red Hat Linux
distribution. As a derivative of Fedora, Yellow Dog Linux can offer the advantages of Fedora features
on a Mac platform, including:
 Red Hat Package Manager (RPM) software??”Starting with software packages from the
Fedora Project helps Yellow Dog Linux avoid compatibility problems suffered by some
Linux distributions.


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