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Yellow Dog Linux for Playstation 3 Available Today

Linux for Playstation 3

By Marius Nestor, Linux Editor

27th of November 2006, 11:18 GMT

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Today, Terra Soft presents Yellow Dog Linux for the new Playstation 3 gaming console. The version 5.0 of Yellow Dog Linux gives you the feeling of something that
invokes calm while at the same time excitement; new, yet almost immediately comfortable. There is a new world of possibility and opportunity for Linux users of all levels of experience, because it now comes with support for the new Sony Computer Entertainment PLAYSTATION 3 and former Apple product line.

Proven world-wide as the preferred Linux OS for the Power architecture, Yellow Dog Linux comes with E17 as the default desktop environment, granting users an exciting desktop experience.

"Yellow Dog Linux combines a minimal interaction graphical installer with support for a wide range of Power architecture hardware, leading (but not bleeding) edge kernels and stable, functional compilers for code development. And of course, the foundation applications and servers expected for web, database, email, and network services." - says Terra Soft.

Yellow Dog Linux comes with 2248 applications available for both beginner and advanced users. Terra Soft created a set of packages installed by default which offer all that you need in order to enjoy your Linux desktop experience. Let's have a look under the hood of Yellow Dog Linux version 5.0:

■ Kernel v2.6.16
■ Kboot
■ GCC 3.4.4
■ Glibc 2.4
■ Cell SDK v1.1
■ GCalctool
■ Evolution
■ Screen Capture
■ Gedit
■ VNC Viewer
■ Gnome Games
■ Evince
■ Gimp
■ GThumb
■ Thunderbird
■ Gaim
■ Firefox
■ OpenOffice.org Suite
■ Eclipse
■ Glade
■ Totem
■ Rythmbox
...and many, many more interesting and useful applications.

The software categories included in Yellow Dog Linux are as follows:

■ Amusement
■ Amusements
■ Application
■ Applications
■ Desktop
■ Development
■ Documentation
■ Internet
■ Libraries
■ Networking
■ Security
■ System
■ System Environment
■ Systems Management
■ Text Editors
■ Text Processing
■ User Interface
■ Utilities
■ Y-HPC

You can purchase your copy of Yellow Dog Linux today, from Terra Soft.
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