Kai Staats takes Terra Soft Solutions to next level

LOVELAND – In its 10 years, Terra Soft Solutions Inc. went through a few transformations, but its most recent could be the biggest.

The company is the developer of Yellow Dog Linux, an open-source operating system also known as YDL. In its early years, Terra Soft focused on supporting the Apple Macintosh platform and became the only company licensed by Apple to resell its computers with Linux pre-installed.

However, that all changed when Apple announced it would move from the PowerPC processor to Intel.

Terra Soft reacted quickly to develop a niche in the Cell processor market, leading to stronger ties…