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Old 10-15-2014, 01:21 AM   #1
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AlienBob on mylinuxrig.com


http://www.mylinuxrig.com/post/10000...lackware-linux

Woot Woot! Just a happy slacker here.

Regards.
 
Old 10-15-2014, 02:00 AM   #2
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Thanks for the link!

Another user who lives in vi! Who woulda' thought?!

And thanks Eric, if you stop by!
 
Old 10-15-2014, 02:57 AM   #3
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That... was.... beautiful.
 
Old 10-15-2014, 04:09 AM   #4
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That guy really wants to be followed on Twitter! Besides that, great interview and interesting history.
 
Old 10-15-2014, 05:32 AM   #5
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good stuff giving slack back
 
Old 10-15-2014, 08:20 AM   #6
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Woot Woot! Just a happy slacker here.
http://www.mylinuxrig.com/post/76338...acs-microlinux

World domination is nigh.
 
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Old 10-15-2014, 08:23 AM   #7
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Whoa kismet.

Not the sniffing kind, the fate kind. This happens to me all the time IRL, also on the Internets.
I'm reading along the first paragraph and my head gets a tune going "Funk #49". So, off I go to tubeland. la la la, 1st hit... http://youtu.be/U_qHU_6Ofc0.
Yeah! Who is Libertine62 with the Dobbs head? TYVM! All connected now.
 
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Old 10-15-2014, 09:19 AM   #8
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Yup, I read that when you posted here last time. The next one should be Pat.

Regards.
 
Old 10-15-2014, 01:29 PM   #9
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One thing Eric said that really hit home for me:

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People call Slackware a thing of the past, a dinosaur, old-fashioned, and more things like that, but in truth Slackware is a stable, modern Linux distribution that uses proven technology and does not cave in to the fad of the day.
Absolutely! Before switching to Slackware, I used Arch and had the typical custom-tailored-to-my-use-case setup. After the switch, I checked off one-by-one what I needed in order to have the same functionality without the instability that comes with a rolling release. It didn't take long to arrive to the point of realizing that there was nothing I was using with Arch that I couldn't accomplish with Slackware.

Slackware is indeed very modern and it's always disconcerting to hear the uninitiated blow it off as being stuck in the 90's.
 
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Old 10-15-2014, 02:34 PM   #10
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Despite my statement of support for KDE in this interview, at the same time I seem to have seriously pissed off some of the KDE community because of my KDE 5 rant on my blog ;-)
Well, perhaps only Martin but I kind of expected that would happen.

Eric
 
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Old 10-15-2014, 02:54 PM   #11
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Nice interview, well done.
 
Old 10-15-2014, 07:19 PM   #12
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Alien Bob's interview is a perfect "why you should be interested in trying Slackware" pitch.
 
Old 10-15-2014, 08:19 PM   #13
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I think this part, expanded from what mister_b quoted, really hits hard and home with me:

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With the current focus in Linux-land on the unification of computing platforms (using the same interface on desktops, laptops, tablets and phones) a lot of development effort concentrates on “giving people the best experience,” which often means taking shortcuts and breaking the golden rule of the UNIX philosophy: to create programs that “do one thing, and do it well.”

I hate it when compatibility is sacrificed for ease-of-use. It seems like the bigger companies target the lowest common denominator as their ideal audience. This is not what we target with Slackware—it tries to stay close to the values of old. People call Slackware a thing of the past, a dinosaur, old-fashioned, and more things like that, but in truth Slackware is a stable, modern Linux distribution that uses proven technology and does not cave in to the fad of the day. We assume that you are a smart person! We take you seriously.
To me it feels like certain upstream and distribution maintainers feel they need to belittle the users of their system assuming we're stupid ignorant morons who must listen, bow down, and worship. Honestly, over the past year or so, I've read nothing but article after article saying how broken or how wrong things have been done since the beginning and "Magic Package X" will fix all that once everyone is using it, because it has never been done, when in fact this is the biggest fattest pus spewing lie of lies.

Slackware isn't the distribution of the stupid people. Slackware doesn't make me feel stupid. Slackware doesn't make me feel like I need to read an Entire Set of Encyclopedia Britannica just to start one program. The wikis are easy to follow, the documents included on the CD/DVD when I first started a decade ago were written in plain and simple English, not jargonistic-thingamagigisms catering only to the elitist guru. Slackware said to me in metaphor, "Welcome, read this, it's very simple to follow, do this and this, and then run this and you're all set and ready to go! Have fun!"

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Old 10-15-2014, 10:17 PM   #14
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I really love the second paragraph of question one. I enjoy hearing when others say exactly the same thing that I think/feel.

It's really neat to think about sharing a common set of ideas and concepts with a group of people that you have no direct contact with.

There are people out there just like you who "get it." Why don't more people see the beauty of simplicity?
 
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Old 10-15-2014, 11:25 PM   #15
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People don't see the beauty of simplicity because they are told simplicity isn't cool, isn't revolutionary, and isn't doing it right for the first time. If human beings of this day and age had a brain, common sense, and could learn to think for themselves, stupidity and idiocy wouldn't be taking over GNU/Linux now would it?

As I stated in another topic, I really have grown to detest and despise fadware. I'm really glad that Slackware (Patrick and crew) does everything possible to avoid such trash, and create simplicity from time honored, founded, and stable projects rather than rushing to toss in the "next big thing" that breaks everything to piles of rotting shit and then expects the users to clean up the mess.

I might not see eye to eye with Eric on many subjects, and well so as I am my own person, by I deeply respect Eric and his view points are solid, well founded, and have meaning and purpose which is a stark contrast against various upstream sources and distribution maintainers. Dammit Eric, now I owe you a beer!

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