On Fri, 14 Nov 2003 09:27:50 -0600, Sam MacDonald <smac at visi.com> wrote: > LOLROF > > I've been converted, halaluia, praise the Slack! > > I'm not kidding! > > Will Slack install on a 486sx 25mhz with 20mb of ram and 200mb disk? > I'd be interested to hear what happened with you and Deb....Debian that is... I've been hemming and hawing over slack and deb for sometime... I finally threw up my hands for gentoo... This weekend I'm going for gentoo on my laptop - it'll have Gentoo, Redhat, and win2k - hopefully! > I'm not kidding. > > > > Adam Maloney wrote: > >> I'll third it (is that allowed?) /IF/ you want to learn Linux, and not >> just use it. >> >> I used slackware for years. I found the install to be easier and >> cleaner than Redhat's. Slack really does force you to learn a thing or >> two. >> >> A lot of people on this list will tell you to use Debian. Debian is THE >> DEVIL. They say Debian is the solution for everything, just check the >> archives! They are trying to lead you down the path of temptation, >> promising everything but delivering nothing. It's all LIES made up by >> the Con to lure you into their evil cult. When was the last time Debian >> got up and made you breakfast? Never, because IT DOESN'T. On the other >> hand, Slackware WILL make you breakfast and you WILL like it. It will >> make you rich. It will make you more appealing to the opposite sex. >> >> Debian is free, but Slackware costs $100,000 and comes with a $100,000 >> instant rebate. Why would you want to use something that's worth >> nothing, when you can enjoy the benefits of a $100,000 distribution at >> no cost? >> >> If you say Debian backwards you get "Naibed", which is the same thing >> you hear when you play the 33rpm of "Revolution 9" backwards at 45rpm >> with just the left channel. The word means either Satan or Puppies, >> either way - VERY BAD. >> >> And can you believe that they think I'm a Slackware bigot? >> >> I gotta go - I think our building is on fire. >> >> On Fri, 2003-11-14 at 08:05, Lansing, Dan wrote: >> >>> I will second this recommendation >>> I have found this to be an easier set up and install than >>> windows...auto detected all of my hardware except my gforceFX...with >>> new packages such as swaret, system updates are as easy as 'swaret >>> --update &&swaret --upgrade' >>> Quick painless and easy to use >>> >>> Dan Lansing >>> ITSC >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org >>> [mailto:tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org] On Behalf Of Shawn >>> Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2003 9:36 PM >>> To: TCLUG Mailing List >>> Subject: Re: [TCLUG] I need distribution input >>> >>> On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 19:27:34 -0600 >>> "PHPTOm" <phptom at wordesign.net> wrote: >>> >>> >>>> I am still a beginner as far as linux is concerned. If a new distro >>>> is going to require hours and hours of troubleshooting/updating, I >>>> should probably stay with redhat. >>>> >>>> My obtuse question is this: what is a solid distro that is not >>>> underneath a huge corporation like redhat is that a beginner can use? >>>> >>>> >>> My recommendation: >>> >>> Slackware. Good, solid distribution. Requires a fair amount of >>> tweaking, and doesn't auto-detect like RedHat, Suse, or Mandrake >>> does. But, on the other hand it's a great way to cut your teeth, and >>> learn more about Linux. Pretty simple install to. >>> >>> As to searching for security updates, and recompiling the solution to >>> that is fairly simple. Subscribe to the Slack-Announce and >>> Slack-Security mailing lists. Then, to upgrade the package it's >>> pretty simple: >>> >>> #upgradepkg packagename.tgz Does it for you... >>> >>> I've got it running on a relatively new system: P4 2.53GHz, 1 GB Ram, >>> and a GeForce4 ti4200 128MB video card. Works just fine, and is >>> plenty fast. >>> >>> I'll even make a copy of the 9.1 distro discs for you if you want... >>> >>> >> >> Adam Maloney >> Systems Administrator >> Sihope Communications >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >> http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org >> https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list