Frequently Asked Questions

QUESTION: How are new releases launched?
  1. Fixstars releases new versions (eg: v5.0 to v6.0) of Yellow Dog Linux via YDL.net Enhanced accounts. YDL.net provides access to a dedicated server for early receipt of Fixstars products.

  2. 2 weeks thereafter, YDL is made available via E-mail in a DVD box set.

  3. 2 weeks thereafter, YDL is made freely available via the public mirrors. Please note that while YDL is made available to the mirrors on this day, each mirror has its own update schedule, some syncing data every hour, others every few days. Fixstars has no control over the speed at which YDL propogates to the public mirrors.

QUESTION: How are updates released?
  1. When Fixstars releases an update (eg: v5.0.1 to v5.0.2) of Yellow Dog Linux via YDL.net Enhanced accounts and at the same time via E-mail.

  2. 2 weeks thereafter, YDL is made freely available via the public mirrors.




 
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