Yellow dog
Yellow Dog Linux (YDL) is a Linux distribution specifically designed for computers with Power Architecture, including PowerPC-based Apple computers, the Sony PlayStation 3, and IBM System p servers. Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux, it uses RPM packages and provides a full-featured Linux environment optimized for PowerPC hardware. YDL also introduced the Yellow Dog Updater, which was later adapted and expanded into the widely used YUM (Yellowdog Updater, Modified) package manager for other RPM-based distributions.
The first version of Yellow Dog Linux was released in 1999 for PowerPC Macintosh computers, and the project continued to support Power Architecture systems for over a decade. The last official release, version 7.0, appeared in August 2012, marking the end of its development. YDL played a key role in making Linux accessible on non-x86 platforms and contributed important tools, like YUM, that remain central in the Linux ecosystem today.
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