Suggestions for a good site to order Slack??

sexy_pe/\/guin · 02-01-2004, 11:39 AM

I am on dial up so downloading it is not really possible. I am hoping some of you can suggest some good sites that you have ordered slackware from. I was looking at easylinuxcds.com but i decided i should ask some advice before i buy. Easylinuxcds.com also offers a command training cd which i figure would be good cause im such a noob. I appreciate any advice, please help!

thank you

kasperhans · 02-01-2004, 12:26 PM

how about the slackware store: http://store.slackware.com/cgi-bin/store ???

sharper · 02-01-2004, 01:05 PM

I get mine from slackware.com

trickykid · 02-01-2004, 01:12 PM

Moved: More suitable in our Slackware forum.

I say get them from the Slackware.com store mentioned above. You are buying them at a little higher cost but your also supporting the person who actually creates and maintains Slackware.

Any other site is just profitting off of his hard work.

Cheers.

laptopgadgets · 03-20-2004, 07:02 PM

Get your cds from osdepot.com- they're selling slackware for the lowest price on the net that I know of -- $5.95. I bought Mandrake 9.2 and 10 from them, and their average turn around time is much better than easylinuxcds. Also, you should know that easylinuxcds is based in Canada, not US- so shipping time sux.

osdepot.com

Rick485 · 03-20-2004, 09:43 PM

I purchased my CDs directly from Slackware.com. The telephone lines in my neighborhood are only good for 26.4 K so downloading it would have taken several days. Purchasing it directly from them helps support Slackware. The CDs arrived in the mail in only about two days.

jong357 · 03-20-2004, 10:29 PM

Yes, Get it from the Slackware Store.... The Jury will please disregard laptopgadgets's comment.... I have a subscription thru Slackware. Get a little off on each release and they give you priority on shipping it out ASAP. Of course thery ship everything out quick anyway.... Got my Slackware hat 3 days after I ordered it.... God I'm such a nerd... Cool hat tho...

laptopgadgets · 03-20-2004, 10:43 PM

OSdepot.com ships from NY and average turn around is 3-5 days via first class mail. You have to see the difference in price, too. You can ask them to ship priority or overnight if you like.direct link to www.osdepot.com removed by moderator

jong357 · 03-21-2004, 01:34 AM

Dude... Quit spamming.... 2 posts and thats all you've done. It's beginning to look apparent that you have some sort of afiliation with osdepot.... Go back from whence thou came....

laptopgadgets · 03-21-2004, 03:05 AM

And you aren't affiliated with Slackware? Don't mind, but though slackware makes their own product, it's essentially built on openSource work by lot of other people--so buying it from slackware or somewhere else is the same thing.

Geist3 · 03-21-2004, 07:16 AM

I bought my present install disks from the slackware store.
However, when I was trying out various distributions, I bought slackware, etc., from "Discount Linux CDs" for just a few bucks:
http://www.edmunds-enterprises.com/linux/cart.php

Also a nice way to pick up applications for Linux or even free applications for Windows.
So I buy here to experiment, then buy from the originators when I settle on something.

ringwraith · 03-21-2004, 08:22 AM

laptopgadgets- are you a moron. You are going to compare the work involved in designing an entire distribution, updating all the build scripts, compiling all the packages, testing all of them together to make certain they all play nice to copying someone else's work and selling the duped CD's. ..... I guess I started with a rhetorical question that does not require an answer.

itsjustme · 03-21-2004, 09:32 AM

Man.... Give laptogadgets a break. Lots of people buy linux cheaply from other people who take the time to make copies and make them available.

What's next? Don't download ISO's??

Edit:
Oh, I paid $19.95 for my first slackware, which was an official, slackware packaged, 4 CD set bought from MicroCenter. But I have no problem with people getting linux free or cheap.

nvn · 03-21-2004, 10:30 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by itsjustme
Man.... Give laptogadgets a break. Lots of people buy linux cheaply from other people who take the time to make copies and make them available.

What's next? Don't download ISO's??

Edit:
Oh, I paid $19.95 for my first slackware, which was an official, slackware packaged, 4 CD set bought from MicroCenter. But I have no problem with people getting linux free or cheap.

I don't mind either whether people got their Slack by downloading the ISO's or by buying the official version...but if you would ask me what I prefer, I'd naturally go for the latter. I think the main reason for people reacting was the spam-ish tendency and

Quote:

Originally posted by laptopgadgets

And you aren't affiliated with Slackware? Don't mind, but though slackware makes their own product, it's essentially built on openSource work by lot of other people--so buying it from slackware or somewhere else is the same thing.

..indicating he ain't got a clue.

ringwraith · 03-21-2004, 12:34 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by laptopgadgets
slackware makes their own product, it's essentially built on openSource work by lot of other people--so buying it from slackware or somewhere else is the same thing.

Give him a break? Personally I don't care if you download it, buy it from cheapbytes.com or whatever. But to say Pat's efforts don't mean sh** because linux is all open source is very offensive to any Slackware user. I understand some people may not be able to afford to buy the distro and I don't think anyone begrudges them using Slack without buying the retail version. But no thinking person can say there is no difference between buying it from Slackware or from laptopgadgets.