Editing Yellow Dog Linux (section)

{{Short description|Linux distribution}}
{{Refimprove|date=December 2008}}
{{Infobox OS
| name = Yellow Dog Linux
| logo = [[Image:Yellow Dog Linux (icon).png|128px]]
| developer = [[Fixstars Solutions]]
| family = [[Linux]] ([[Unix-like]])
| working_state = Discontinued
| discontinued = yes
| source_model = [[Open-source software|Open source]]
| latest_release_version = 7.0 <!-- If you update this, don't forget to update [[Comparison of Linux distributions]] -->
| latest_release_date = {{Start date|2012|08|06}}<ref name="distrowatch" />
| supported_platforms = [[POWER7]], [[Cell (microprocessor)|Cell]]
| kernel_type = [[monolithic kernel|Monolithic]] ([[Linux kernel]])
| ui = [[Enlightenment (window manager)|Enlightenment]]
| license = [[GNU General Public License|GNU GPL]], [[GNU Lesser General Public License|LGPL]], others
| website = {{URL|https://us.fixstars.com/products/ydl/what/overview/}}
}}

'''Yellow Dog Linux''' ('''YDL''') is a discontinued [[free and open-source]] [[operating system]] for high-performance computing on [[multi-core processor]] [[computer architecture]]s, focusing on GPU systems and computers using the [[POWER7]] processor. The original developer was Terra Soft Solutions, which was acquired by [[Fixstars Solutions|Fixstars]] in October 2008.<ref>{{cite web|last=Shoemaker|first=Kristin|title=Terra Soft Solutions Acquired by Fixstars|url=http://ostatic.com/blog/terra-soft-solutions-acquired-by-fixstars|access-date=13 July 2013|date=11 November 2008}}</ref> Yellow Dog Linux was first released in the spring of 1999 for Apple Macintosh PowerPC-based computers.<ref name="linuxfoundation">{{cite web|title=Yellow Dog Linux|date=19 August 1999|url=http://www.linux.com/directory/Distributions/enterprise/yellow-dog-linux|publisher=Linux Foundation|access-date=13 July 2013}}</ref> The last version, Yellow Dog Linux 7,<ref>{{cite web|title=PowerLinux 7R2 Yellow Dog Appliance|url=http://www.fixstars.com/en/hardware/power/ydl7/| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120714002801/https://www.fixstars.com/en/hardware/power/ydl7/ |archive-date=14 July 2012}}</ref> was released on August 6, 2012.<ref name="distrowatch">{{cite web|title=DistroWatch.com: Yellow Dog Linux|url=http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=yellowdog}}</ref> Yellow Dog Linux lent its name to the popular [[Yellowdog Updater, Modified|YUM]] Linux software updater, derived from YDL's YUP (Yellowdog UPdater) and thus called [[Yellow Dog Updater, Modified|Yellowdog Updater, Modified]].