Chapter 12: Running Yellow Dog Linux . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365
Understanding Yellow Dog Linux ..........................................................................365
Going Forward with Yellow Dog ............................................................................367
Digging into Yellow Dog..........................................................................................368
Installing Yellow Dog Linux ....................................................................................369
Hardware Support ..................................................................................................370
Planning Your Installation........................................................................................371
Installing Mac OS X and Yellow Dog Linux on One Hard Drive ....................372
Installing Mac OS 9 or Earlier and Yellow Dog Linux on One Hard Drive......372
Installing Mac OS 9 or Earlier, Mac OS X, and Yellow Dog Linux
on Multiple Hard Drives ..........................................................................373
Yellow Dog Linux 3.0.1 Special Considerations ............................................373
Beginning the Installation ........................................................................................373
Rebooting Your Linux Mac ......................................................................................379
Updating Yellow Dog Linux ....................................................................................379
Running Mac Applications with Mac-on-Linux........................................................381
Support Options......................................................................................................381
Summary ................................................................................................................382
Chapter 13: Running Gentoo Linux . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383
Understanding Gentoo............................................................................................383
Gentoo's Open Source Spirit ....................................................................................384
The Gentoo Community..........................................................................................385
Building, Tuning, and Tweaking Linux ....................................................................385
Where Gentoo Is Used ............................................................................................386
What's in Gentoo ....................................................................................................387
Managing Software with Portage..............................................................................388
Finding Software Packages ......................................................................................388
New Gentoo Features ............................................................................................389
Installing Gentoo ....................................................................................................389
Getting Gentoo ........................................................................................................389
Live CD Install ..............................................................................................390
Minimal/Universal Install CD ........................................................................390
Starting Gentoo Installation from a Live CD ............................................................391
Starting Gentoo Installation from a Minimal CD ......................................................393
Getting Software with emerge ..................................................................................401
Summary ................................................................................................................402
Chapter 14: Running Slackware Linux . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403
Getting into Slackware............................................................................................403
Characterizing the Slackware Community ..............................................................405
The Slackware Creator ............................................................................................405
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