Users can also rely on well-known RPM packaging tools for adding,
removing, and managing software.
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Anaconda installer??”Yellow Dog takes advantage of the well-tested Anaconda installer
for easy installation.
Kudzu hardware detection??”By starting with the Fedora kudzu facility for detecting
and configuring hardware, Yellow Dog has a stable foundation for probing equipment
that has been extended to work with Mac hardware.
Refer to Chapter 8 for more information on the Fedora Project and some of the specifics
regarding its implementation.
Installing Yellow Dog Linux
Before you can install Yellow Dog Linux, you need to get a copy of it from some of the many resources
available. The first and most recommended avenue is to purchase it from the vendor. You benefit
because you acquire the distribution from the source as well as support from the company that
creates Yellow Dog Linux so it can continue development for the PowerPC platform.
Yellow Dog Linux always makes the previous version of its distribution freely available
and downloadable from its Web site. At the time that this book was written, version 5.0.2
was commercially available, meaning that YDL 4.1 is available as downloadable CD images.
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