Although Orthodox Christian Nativity is not until January 7th on the secular/civil Gregorian calendar, my extended family are Roman Catholics and Protestants, so we have our “Christmas Family Get-Togethers” around the Western Christmas date of December 25th on the secular/civil Gregorian calendar. As such, I will be gone from today until the 2nd of January, 2007 so there will be no new blog entries until a day or two after the day I return. To all of the non-Orthodox, I wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! May you receive the gift of refurbished Apple PPC Macs, Sony PlayStation3s, and Yellow Dog Linux v5.0! 
Archive for December, 2006
On Vacation!
The best OS for your hardware: Linux, Windows, or OS X?
Why it is okay to run the latest version of OS X or Windows if you can — and only Linux when you cannot. Older Macs are much faster in OS 9, but you are giving up the same security and stability benefits as PC users who use to Windows 95, 98, or ME. If your hardware is too slow for Windows XP or OS X 10.5, then you really should switch to Linux.
“Black Bart” of Constantinople order his “monks” to attack Esphigmenou Monastery!
Patriarch Bartholomew, who recently ment with the Pope of Rome, today sent his monks to break in to the Esphigmenou Monastery’s office on Athos. They broke down a door and then attacked the monks inside vicously with the crowbars that they used to break in, sending 7 monks to the hospital. What is Esphigmenous’s crime? Not comemorating Bartholomew!
Sony Adds PS3 Support to Linux Kernel
A few Sony patches to the Linux kernel have just been merged in the mainline tree, to be included in the 2.6.20 release. The patches add ‘core platform support for the PS3 game console and other devices using the PS3 hypervisor. Linux gained generic support for the Cell processor, on which the PS3 is based, with the 2.6.13 release in June of 2005.
PlayStation 3 support now standard in Linux 2.4
Sony-contributed patches aimed at adding machine-specific features for the PS3 have been merged into the stable 2.4.20 kernel tree. This makes it easier to create and maintain Linux distributions that run on the PS3.
Terra Soft Solutions Taking Deposits for PS3s with Yellow Dog Linux pre-installed
It looks like Terra Soft is ready to take pre-orders for the Sony PlayStation3 with only a small deposit required.
IBM Certifies More Than 2,500 Applications for Power PC Linux!
One of the first ports of Linux to the Power platform was Yellow Dog Linux. But IBM saw the potential value of Linux on its high-powered RISC systems, and spent more than $1 billion in 2000 to port Linux to all its server platforms, including its Power-based systems. The company’s milestone for Linux-on-Power application support is a sign that this has paid off.
Playstation 3 with Yellow Dog Linux Pre-installed Announced
Terra Soft Solutions, Inc. has announced the pricing for Sony PS3s with Yellow Dog Linux v. 5.0 pre-installed:
The shipping dates have not been announced yet. This is a bargain compared to getting one from eBay!
How Old is Each Christian Religion and Its Unique Denominational Teachings?
This shows whom and when the various mainstream Christian Religions were started. Here are just a few notable ones: Orthodox Christianity-33, Roman Catholicism-1054, Lutheran-1517, Church of England/Anglican-1534, Presbyterian-1560, Congregationalist-1582, Baptist-1606, Dutch Reformed-1628, Methodist-1774, Mormon/Latter Day Saints-1829 (Not truly Christian since they do not believe in the Trinity nor that Jesus is God.), Salvation Army-1865 (Yes, it IS a religion!), Christian Scientist-1879, etc. …
Can Yellow Dog Linux Fix the Playstation 3’s (PS3) 1080i Dilemma?
Can Terra Soft’s YDL help fix the 1080i problems Sony is having? Running a configuration program like YDLv5.0’s eliminate the need for a video scaler to downscale 1080p to 1080i — instead of the PS3’s method of downscaling it to 720p. Can the Yellow Dog save what the Sony’s proprietary Game OS cannot do?
Six of six PS3 Yellow Dog Linux installation videos on one page
Watch part one through part six of installing Terra Soft Solutions Incorporated’s new Yellow Dog Linux version 5.0 on the Sony PlayStation 3 all at one go.
Terra Soft Ships YDL v5.0 DVD Set for PLAYSTATION®3
Terra Soft is proud to announce the shipment of Yellow Dog Linux v5.0 for PLAYSTATION
®3. Available now from the Terra Soft online Store, the 2 DVD set includes more than 2000 packages for a complete desktop, development, and server solution; a printed Guide to Installation, YDL sticker, and flexible flier.
Screenshots of Yellow Dog Linux v5.0 on the Sony PlayStation3
Yep, the latest version of Terra Soft’s YDL has been released for the Sony PlayStation 3 and everybody’s been on the lookout for its free release. Now we’re pretty sure not every PS3 user was lucky enough to have downloaded the distro from YDL.net last November 26, but we have here the next best thing — pictures!
Yellow Dog Linux 5.0 DVDs available today!
It comes direct from Terra Soft Solutions, Inc. with 1 Install DVD, 1 Source DVD, a Printed Guide to Install, a Yellow Dog Linux Flexible Flyer, a Yellow Dog Linux sticker, 6 months Install Support via YDL.net Enhanced account which features a private yum repository, personal email, blog, and more.
PlayStation3 based super-computing clusters running on Linux
As many people know Yellow Dog Linux, from Terra Soft, now runs on the Cell engine in Sony’s PS3. That’s very cool, but the thing many people may not realize is that Terra Soft isn’t so much in the yellow dog business as it is in the supercomputing and life sciences software businesses. It is a perfect match for the supercomputing first generation Cell processor that is already up to 60 times faster, and between and 200 times more power efficient, than its competitors — numbers to keep in mind when you think about Apple’s triumph in arranging to get dual core Xeon CPUs from Intel for only slightly more than than four times the $89 Sony is estimated to pay for an 8+1 cell at 3.2Ghz.
IGN REVIEW: Yellow Dog Linux 5.0 on the PlayStation3 Hands-on
We turn the PlayStation 3 into a full-fledged computer and promptly go back to work. It’s worth noting that everything in this article, including the images, was created and posted solely from within Yellow Dog on the PS3. If you haven’t used Linux before, it’s important to note that this is a power user’s operating system. Being an open source OS, it’s strengths lie in its flexibility.
Common Declaration by Pope Benedict XVI and Patriarch Bartholomew I
This is the united proclamation by the head of the Roman Catholic Communion and the “first-among-equals” of the “World Orthodox Christians” in Istanbul, Turkey. They hope that their uncanonical concelebrations will lead to a merging between their Churches — and eventually all of the Protestants and non-Christians — in to one massive world Church.
ETIQUETTE HOW-TO: Addressing Orthodox Clergy, Clergy Wives, and Monastics
The following is a guide for properly addressing Orthodox clergy and monastics. While the titles may not exactly correspond to the terms used in Greek, Russian, or the other native languages of the national Orthodox Churches, they have been widely accepted as the traditional English usages in person, by telephone, and via formal written letters.
A new YDL v5.0.x ISO will be posted today with updates
A new YDL v5.0 ISO will be posted today, with the following updates:
– media check screen removed from installer
- corrected yum config for public mirrors
- with the patch from Sony just in, audio CDs now play and rip
The URL to this announcement is private so I reposted the part about the update here.
Dictatorship is Back in Russia, is the Kremlin’s USSR Making a Comeback?
Russia is starting to eliminate democratic reforms that were made under Boris Yeltsin and Mikhail Gorbachev. You’ve got Putin sending missiles, rockets & warheads to Iran and helping their nuke program. He is oppressing all Churches except his stat-run “Moscow patriarchate”. President Vladimir Putin guy is proudly former KGB (well, to be fair, he says once KGB, always KGB), and it seems the Soviet Union is coming back.
2 VIDEOS: Yellow Dog Linux v. 5.0 on a Sony PlayStation 3
Here it is after the intall is complete. You can see the initial setup. Also it shows that what Sony wanted is pre-installed like GAim, Firefox, Thunderbird, and Open Office suite. Also you can see how easily it plays a Quicktime .MOV file at 640×480.
A How To on Installing Yellow Dog Linux on Sony’s PS3
Since many of you have probably already have Red Hat’s Fedora Core 5 installed on their PS3s, you basically know the basics involving OS installation into your PS3. But just in case, here’s a rough how-to for installing Yellow Dog Linux for your PlayStation®3 by the PlayStation Team staff.
HOW-TO: Yellow Dog Linux v 5.0 on a Sony PlayStation®3 FAQs
These Installation, Updates, & Application HOW TOs about Yellow Dog Linux v.5.x on a Sony PlayStation 3 include, “How to rip, play audio CDs on a PS3″ and “How to configure TV resolution for a PS3″. Of interest, “When installing YDL, you will need a monitor or television capable of at least 720p in order to perform a graphical install.”
The Life Cycle of the Yellow Dog, An Overview
Linux just runs, and runs, and runs. It is often the case that you don’t need to update your local software too often, but in this fast paced interconnected world, it is nice to know you have the most current, fastest, secure software installed — so you want to remain current. This is an introduction to the life cycle of Yellow Dog Linux.
Blu-Ray HD DVDs Already Ripped On the Sony PlayStation 3
As soon as Linux was on the PlayStation 3, it was clear that trouble would be brewing quickly. While no one has yet truly cracked the PlayStation 3 Game OS software yet — thanks to YDL 5, Blu-Ray HD movies are now being ripped onto the PlayStation 3 hard drive. It only took a few days, but already the Sony PS3’s Yellow Dog Linux v.5.0 has enabled piracy.
E17 Desktop on Yellow Dog Linux for the PS3
E17 is an awesome destop for Linux and it’s been incorporated on a Fedora Core 5 based distro named Yellow Dog Linux by Terra Soft. Watch the moving background video!
Zune “is a Complete, Humiliating Failure.”
The Chicago Sun-Times does not like the Zune. At all. “Do you honestly want morons like this (Read: Microsoft) to have power over your music player? Then go ahead and buy a Zune. You’ll find that the Zune Planet orbits the music industry’s Bizarro World, where users aren’t allowed to do anything that isn’t in the industry’s direct interests.”
