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366Part IIIChoosing and Installing a Linux Distribution .Yellow Dog Linux User Channel If you are comfortable with IRC (InternetRelay Chat), you can use irc.freenode.netand join #yellowdog for interac- tive support that is community driven. .Yellow Dog Official Support If you can t find the information you needfromthe previous sources or http://yellowdoglinux.com/support/ installation/, you can purchase support from Terra Soft Solutions throughhttp://terrasoftsolutions.com/tss_contact.shtml. If you purchasedYellow Dog Linux through Terra Soft Solutions with 60 days of support, you cancontact the company through http://terrasoftsolutions.com/support/. If you need software support after your installation, use some of the other moregeneric support options available from the Linux community. These options includeusing a search engine to search for the problem and visiting community-driven Websites such as the following: .The Linux Documentation Project(http://tldp.org/) The premier Website for how-to guides for using the Linux operating system. .Linux Journal Help Desk(http://linuxjournal.com/helpdesk.php) Offers guidance on using Linux. .Just Linux(http://justlinux.com/) Offers some basic guides onLinuxuse. .Linux.com Tips(http://tips.linux.com/) Offers some great tips. You can use your favorite search engine to find more of the many, many helpfulLinux Web sites out there. The Linux community is generally very supportive of new users, and you can findhelp from local Linux User Groups (LUGs) or via many places on the Internet. SummaryYellow Dog Linux is a very stable, fully functioning version of Fedora Core availableon the PowerPC platform. It has the capability to extend the life of your Mac hardwareand to run Mac OS 9 or below or even Mac OS X on your running Linux installationusing Mac-on-Linux. Linux is not the sole domain of the X86 community, and nowPowerPC users can use Linux while still enjoying their Mac OS or Mac OS X environ- ment through multibooting or using the innovative Mac-on-Linux software. …