Editing Yellow Dog Linux (section)

==Features==
[[Image:Yellow Dog Linux.png|thumb|320px|Screenshot of Yellow Dog Linux Version 6.0 'Pyxis' depicting [[Enlightenment (window manager)|Enlightenment]], the default window manager]]
Yellow Dog Linux is based on [[Red Hat Enterprise Linux]]/[[CentOS]]<ref name="linuxfoundation" /> and relies on the [[RPM Package Manager]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Negus|first=Christopher|title=Linux Bible 2009 Edition|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Hk74DjrdMlgC&q=Yellow%20Dog%20Linux&pg=PA610|publisher=Wiley Publishing, Inc.|access-date=13 July 2013|year=2009|isbn=9780470459041}}</ref> Its software includes applications such as [[Ekiga]] (a [[Voice over Internet Protocol|voice-over-IP]] and [[videoconferencing]] application), [[GIMP]] (a raster graphics editor), [[Gnash (software)|Gnash]] (a free [[Adobe Flash]] player), [[gThumb]] (an image viewer), the [[Mozilla Firefox]] Web browser, the [[Mozilla Thunderbird]] e-mail and news client, the [[OpenOffice.org]] productivity suite, [[Pidgin (software)|Pidgin]] (an instant messaging and [[Internet Relay Chat|IRC]] client), the [[Rhythmbox]] music player, and the KDE [[Noatun (media player)|Noatun]] and [[Totem (media player)|Totem]] media players.

Starting with YDL version 5.0 'Phoenix', [[Enlightenment (window manager)|Enlightenment]] is the Yellow Dog Linux default desktop environment, although [[GNOME]] and [[KDE]] are also included.

Like other Linux distributions, Yellow Dog Linux supports software development with [[GNU Compiler Collection|GCC]]<ref name="distrowatch" /> (compiled with support for [[C (programming language)|C]], [[C++]], [[Java (programming language)|Java]], and [[Fortran]]), the [[GNU C Library]], [[GNU Debugger|GDB]], [[GLib]], the [[GTK+]] toolkit, [[Python (programming language)|Python]], the [[Qt (toolkit)|Qt]] toolkit, [[Ruby (programming language)|Ruby]] and [[Tcl]]. Standard text editors such as [[Vim (text editor)|Vim]] and [[Emacs]] are complemented with [[Integrated development environment|IDEs]] such as [[Eclipse (software)|Eclipse]] and [[KDevelop]], as well as by graphical debuggers such as [[KDbg]]. Standard document preparation tools such as [[TeX]] and [[LaTeX]] are also included.

Yellow Dog Linux includes software for running a Web server (such as [[Apache HTTP Server|Apache/httpd]], [[Perl]], and [[PHP]]), database server (such as [[MySQL]] and [[PostgreSQL]]), and network server ([[Network File System (protocol)|NFS]] and [[Webmin]]). Additional software is also included for running an enterprise server or a compute server or cluster, although two separate products from Terra Soft Solutions, called Yellow Dog Enterprise Linux (for enterprise servers) and Y-HPC (for compute servers/clusters), were specifically targeted toward those applications.

Although [[Comparison of Linux distributions#Instruction set architecture support|several other Linux distributions support the Power ISA]], Yellow Dog Linux was distinguished for its focus on supporting the Apple Macintosh platform before the [[Mac transition to Intel processors]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Comparison of Distribution|url=http://www.yolinux.com/TUTORIALS/LinuxListOfDistributions.html|access-date=13 July 2013}}</ref> Before this transition, Terra Soft Solutions held the unique distinction of being the only company licensed by [[Apple Inc.|Apple]] to resell Apple computers with Linux pre-installed<ref>{{cite web|title=Terra Soft Ships Apple computers - YDL Pre-Installed |url=http://terrasoftsolutions.com/news/2002-08-08.shtml |access-date=13 July 2013 |date=8 August 2002 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021207090908/http://terrasoftsolutions.com/news/2002-08-08.shtml |archive-date=December 7, 2002 }}</ref> (or for that matter, with any operating system other than [[Mac OS X|Mac OS&nbsp;X]]). Full support for [[AirPort]] (Apple's implementation of the [[IEEE 802.11b-1999]] wireless networking standard), and partial support for AirPort Extreme, are also built into Yellow Dog Linux, as are support for [[Bluetooth]] and support for accessing the Internet over cellular phones.

Following the Mac transition to Intel processors, Yellow Dog Linux retargeted Fedora Core 5.0 and later to support the [[Sony PlayStation 3]] and IBM pSeries platforms extensively, while retaining its longstanding support for PowerPC-based Apple hardware.
<ref>{{cite web|last=Hill|first=Brandon|title=Terra Soft Announces Linux-based OS for PS3|url=http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=4621|publisher=DailyTech|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304055626/http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=4621 |archive-date = 2016-03-04 |access-date = 2021-05-01|date=19 October 2006}}</ref><ref name="gamespot">{{cite web|last=Boyes|first=Emma|title=Yellow Dog Linux launches for PS3|url=http://www.gamespot.com/news/yellow-dog-linux-launches-for-ps3-6162316|publisher=GameSpot|access-date=13 July 2013|date=27 November 2006}}</ref>