Newbie with Fedora Core 4 PPC on Power Mac G5.

[Brian D. Carlstrom]

Brian Durant writes:
 > I have tried 'yum install kernel- g5', so I know that I am running
 > the latest YDL kernel at this time.

The latest 4.0.1 kernel, you can't get the later ones without a YDL.net
enhanced subscription. I'm thinking of getting the university to get one
so I can post the source RPMs or at least relevant patches on the net
for others to see.

 > How would I make sure that everything that is implemented in the YDL  
 > kernel, also would work in the new kernel and which one do I choose?  
 > Newbie alert!!!

do a "uname -r" to see the kernel version.

looking here:
    http://mirror.mcs.anl.gov/yellowdog/updates/yellowdog-4.0/ppc/
looks like the latest version is
    kernel-2.6.10-1.ydl.1
for comparison in FC4 the current version is 2.6.14.
to get the patch I needed, I have to go to 2.6.15!

 > 1) Install all of GNOME. I have read that there can sometimes be  
 > problems with libraries? Would this be 'yum install gnome*'?

there might be multiple versions. I would do a "yum list available
gnome*" and install the higher level packages that you want. I have
gnone and kde on FC4 without issue.

 > 2) Install Firefox and Thunderbird. There sometimes seem to be  
 > problems with plug-ins and the like after these are installed.

I use firefox on my box occasionally, but yes plugins can be a problem
becuase of the availability of linux/ppc support in some cases. 

I will say that a co-worker has tried repeatedly to use the Thunderbird
FC4 packge without luck (it would crash at startup) and had to build his own.

 > 3) InstallApt4RPM. This FAQ seems to have disapeared from the  
 > Terrasoft Solutions site and there isn't anything at Fresh RPMS either.

no idea why you would want to do that. is it to use debian apt packages?

-bri