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364 Part III . Choosing and Installing a Linux Distribution Added Reseller with permission from Apple to install Linux on Apple hardware, retaining any hardware warranties provided by Apple. Mac OS X, in the form of Aqua, is considered one of the most advanced graphical user interfaces on the market today. With a sophisticated interface available on the Apple platform, a user might question putting Linux on Apple hardware, but there are many valid reasons to install Linux on the PowerPC architecture, including: . Cost of applications Commercial applications usually have a higher price of ownership than their open source counterparts for similar functionality. For instance, the latest word processor on the Mac OS X platform can cost hundreds of dollars, whereas the open source alternatives are generally free. The free software available for Linux far exceeds that available for the Mac OS X platform. While some of the more popular open source programs are available for Mac OS X, they may require a port of the software, as opposed to a recompile. Porting applications is a more complicated process and usually requires expertise in operating system programming. Porting is outside the sphere of this book. . Extended hardware life Linux is well known for its low operation requirements. You can use Yellow Dog Linux on machines that aren t necessarily supported by the latest Mac OS X version and still run the latest Linux applications. . Uniformity Linux is widely deployed, especially for back-office functions. By using Yellow Dog Linux (often referred to as YDL), you can mix PowerPC hardware with Intel hardware in the same production environment, with application and operating system uniformity, thus reducing costs associated with the support of two different operating systems. Because Linux is open source and widely available, you also reduce your dependence on one entity for your operating systems. . Security Yellow Dog Linux has the support of thousands of programmers who constantly develop patches and updates for software, as opposed to depending on a commercial entity to release patches. . Ease of administration/use Linux (and particularly Fedora Core, on which Yellow Dog Linux is based) is so widely deployed, with more installations occurring every day, that it s understood and managed by a large user/administrator group. It s often easier for system administrators and users to complete tasks on a familiar system with a standard interface. . Mac-on-Linux Mac-on-Linux software enables you to run Mac OS X (10.1 through 10.3.3), Mac OS 7.5.2 through 9.2.2, or another instance of Linux within your active Yellow Dog Linux session, so you get the best of both worlds. Note
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