Hi,

Linux-Today announcement: Slackware 14.0 RC2 Released

Hi,

I was announced in Distrowatch as well.

Slackware has moved up the chart in distro watch quick. lol

Good to see Slackware getting mentioned! I am looking forward to my 14.0 subscription being delivered in the not too distant future.

Hi,

Not a constructive contribution, even in jest.

You have been warned several times in the past to be constructive. No need to start something with sarcasm & criticism either since you seem to lack the understanding when you post in this manner things happen.
Enough said!

EDIT: After PM discussion and clarifications, the moderation was in error. So my apologies to Mercury305 for misunderstanding.

I swear this was not "Criticism" but the very OPPOSITE.

On the Internet it is difficult to determine the intent of a post. I too thought that your comment, "lol", was a bit odd. I'm happy that you did not intend to be critical or sarcastic.

Distrowatch is ..., Well, Distrowatch

Seriously, we all know that these statistics should be taken with a (big) piece of salt. This is not new and has been discussed many times, including in Distrowatch itself.

Furthermore:
1) When people see a distribution mentioned in a news article in Distrowatch, out of curiosity some click on the link to that distribution and its rank increases.
2) This is specially true when a new version has just been released.

By the way, Distrowatch is used to publish a news article about any new *release* even those they tag "development" ones.

So maybe that's my fault, as my previous post in this thread was useless.

@Mercury305 (out of topic) did you get this issue sorted out?

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Its understandable to misunderstand what I wrote. Especially coming from my finger tips.

But what I meant to say that since it has been a while that Slackware has come with a new release. The way it jumped up in charts should show the enthusiasm of its users.

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Seems like a pretty harmless remark to me, compared to some of his previous efforts. Don't think it warrants a warning.

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Some people, especially the younger generation type 'lol' after everything. It's sort of like a nervous tick or something. It used to bother me a lot, especially with text messages.

So I just read over 'lol' now. It means nothing to me anymore.

I been following the conversations on here recently and Mercury305 seems to have ruffled some features at the beginning, but I don't think he was being a troll and have noticed an improvement to the posts, especially after Patrick came in and explained some stuff better to him.

Obligatory "let's cut him so slack " quote.

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yup, sorry about the other remarks of my past bro. You live and you learn. I'm understanding the beauty of Slackware now though as I use it more often. Actually I am starting to like all distros in their own ways instead of just looking at their negative sides. Unix Philosophy: Use all distros for their specific purpose. Choose distros that do 1 thing well lol.
I should add backtrack and fedora in my list as well.

But as you can seee Slackware is number 1:

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because I like the command line so much
Slackware makes me think... I like to use my brain.

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I think I initially misunderstood the "lol". Agreed. No harm done in my opinion. We are all Slackers.

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Man u must be pretty old since i am 29! LOL

Na, but this was a real LOL (just teezing or for grammar nazis teasing)

Thanks for the Slack... I feel initiated into the slackware forums!

Didier thanks for the help!