I grew tired of updating every package that came with Mandrake. The
most frustrating part was not finding what I needed to install, or
installing it but then configure didn't find it.
I re-downloaded Fedora Core 4 in the DVD image, burned it on the Mac.
Macs can open, create and burn ISO images using the standard Disk Tools
utility. I checked the sha1sum on the Linux box that was the FTP
staging area, because OS X doesn't seem to have a sha1sum utility, and
I didn't feel like spending time downloading, configuring and
installing one. CuteFTP balked at downloading a 2.6 GB file, too,
insisting that there wasn't space on my hard disk for it, even though
there was plenty of space. Once again, Linux command line to the rescue.
Red Hat is now installed on my antique Inspiron 7500, and it's not
perfect yet -- I'm still working on the display. But much more software
works without endless downloads configure-make-make install cycles....
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