Linus consented to be interviewed for public consumption...

No, they weren't asked, and I still stay in the chat and talk to them. They do help me out occasionally with linux but as soon as I brought up Slackware then they started bashing it. I'm sure if I would have kept the convo going then they would have said a lot more but I had work to do..

You are joking, aren't you?

He's got one thing right: my sentence structure was pretty atrocious ;)

For me, learning and using slackware was one of the most worthwhile things I've done.

It's not just you, I fully agree that public IRC is public, and therefore anyone can do whatever they want with the logs. As long as you attribute the comments to the users that said them, I don't see a problem.

Even on this forum, I don't see a problem with quoting other people, even if from a different thread, and even from a different forum. Is there a problem with this ? This is a public forum, is it not ?

Hi,
The kernel choices for Slackware are not vanilla, read the announcement for kernel types. The statement was misleading and doesn't provide the proper definition(s) for a new user.

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Hi,

So what's wrong with the above? What's incorrect in my original post to you?

Please stop the semantic war. He was not referring to the choices offered during installation, he is referring to the fact that Slackware kernels are built from the original kernel source, minimally patched only where it was unavoidable, not adding vendor-specific functionality. That is why Slackware kernels are called "vanilla".

Eric

Hi,

May be semantics to you but a newbie or new user doesn't understand all the choices that are available. That's my point. Expand the definitions so everyone can understand.

Tech speak or terminology doesn't always provide service nor definitions a new user can understand. We as users can overlook since hopefully we understand the terms.

So if you feel it's a semantics war to you then so be it. The poster did expand his definition.
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I agree ... it is as vanilla as you can get while maintaining security and stability.

No offense was intended. The term "vanilla kernel" is often used to describe a kernel that was created from (almost) unpatched kernel source, but a new Linux user may not be aware of that.

Eric

Can I have mine with a flake in it?

Hi,

No offense taken!

I really think as experienced users, we tend to overlook things a bit and make too many assumptions. Slackware is a world distribution and a lot of the users are not fully aware of terminology to begin with so we need to communicate in the sense they can understand. Sure a bit harder but doable. The LQ Slackware community will benefit along with helping new users with Slackware problems/issues.
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I've written this before, but at my age one tends to repeat oneself. :)
Slackware = Vanilla
Debian = Raspberry Ripple
Ubuntu = Chocolate
Mint = Mint