LOVELAND, Colo.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Oct. 17,
2001– Terra Soft Solutions, Inc., the leading developer
of Linux solutions for PowerPC microprocessors, is pleased to
announce the immediate availability of Yellow Dog Linux version
2.1.
YDL 2.1 offers both incremental and monumental improvements to
deliver a more solid, speedy, and easy-to-use Linux operating
system.
“While, on the surface, version 2.1 might seem like a minor
update, there are some substantial improvements. The 2.4 kernel is
now default and we are pleased to be the first PowerPC Linux vendor
to provide NVidia GeForce 2 video support,” states Dan Burcaw, CTO
of Terra Soft Solutions, Inc.
YDL 2.1 offers the following updates and improvements:
- YDL installer now supports individual package selection
- KDE 2.2.1
- XFree86 4.1.0
- 2.4.10 (default) and 2.2.19
- Mac-on-Linux 0.9.60 which automatically grabs the ROM image
from your Mac OS partition — reducing setup to a minimum - Webmin web-based system administration tool
- Mozilla 0.9.3
- Ext3 journaling file system
- Sound support on iBook 1 and iBook 2 (2001)
- Sleep support on full range of Apple portables (include all
iBooks) - Improved support for Apple Network Servers
- … and support for NVidia GeForce 2 & ATI Radeon video
cards (Apple Display Connector not yet supported)
YDL 2.1 is immediately available from select resellers (call
first to verify availability) and from our online store. Please
support your local reseller (http://www.terrasoftsolutions.com/resellers/)
whenever possible.
Pre-orders of the “Getting Started with Yellow Dog Linux,” which
will include the YDL 2.1 Install CD, are being taken now. “Getting
Started” is expected to ship before the close of October.
About Terra Soft Solutions, Inc.
Terra Soft Solutions, Inc. is a leading developer of innovative
technologies and provider of integrated HPC solutions for PowerPC
Linux. Yellow Dog Linux, the flagship product, has boosted
viability of Linux on PowerPC microprocessors. Black Lab Linux
provides an advanced Linux environment for embedded and
high-performance, parallel computing systems. And Terra Soft now
offers the Yellow briQ Node, a high-density PowerPC Linux
computer.
For more information, visithttp://www.terrasoftsolutions.com/