Should I change distro?

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Basically this is the first time I have dabbled with Linux. I have installed Yellow Dog on my PS3 (mainly because it's the distro Sony recommend). However, i've heard a lot of noise being made about Ubuntu. The GUI looks a lot nicer and cleaner, and i'm not too impressed with YDL's GUI.

Any other reasons why or should/should not switch?

Thanks
 
In terminal or whatever the command line the desktop environment uses enter "yum install gnome-session" (A quick google finds this as the command required.)

Edit: "$yum install xorg*
(This installs the X-Server)

$yum install gnome-session
(Here, yum should resolve all dependencies and you should get a complete gnome desktop - though without themes, applets and a few other things that are not *really* required)

Then you will have to edit the file ~/.xinitrc using vi (if it doesn't exist which is likely, just make a new one) and add the following line:
gnome-session"
 
So you would stick with YDL? I am a Linux n00b and was basing my points on looking at some ubuntu screenshots and the amount of people on here that seem to use it.

I suppose i was looking for reasons why ubuntu is better than YDL (if any) in particular on the PS3.
 
I think the main reason ubuntu has a lot of noise about it is the fact that it is advertised as "linux for human beings" and a lot of people are just using ubuntu because most people find it just works i think
 
cotton31 said:
So you would stick with YDL? I am a Linux n00b and was basing my points on looking at some ubuntu screenshots and the amount of people on here that seem to use it.

I suppose i was looking for reasons why ubuntu is better than YDL (if any) in particular on the PS3.
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I believe the PS3 Cell Processor is based on the PPC architecture. YDL used to be primarily used on Macs (PPC) before they changed to Intel CPUs. If you are wanting to run Linux on your PS3 YDL might one of the few distros that will run on it without a lot of tweaking.

Ubuntu is geared towards AMD & Intel CPUs and is suited to a desktop/laptop.
 
Yes, there is indeed a PPC version of Ubuntu that'll run on older Macs and several other varieties of PPC hardware, including PS3.

As for which is better, that's a subjective question and mostly down to personal choice (at least once you're past the installation process).
 
All linux is basically the same. The difference between most distros is just how they present it. E17 is a nice desktop but like Trifid said is relativly easy to change it if you want.

E17 - nice and clean imho
Gnome - Ubuntu default desktop
KDE - Powerfull and looks good
Fluxbox - Small and fast and can look pretty nice too.

For the PS3 I think YDL, Fedora (Also uses gnome desktop), Ubuntu are the main ones that will work. Gentoo will also work I guess since you compile it manually but might be a bit technical.
 
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