A few philosophical questions about Slackware

hitest · 09-30-2017, 10:52 AM

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Originally Posted by brianL

I'm not replying either.

Good to see you, brianL.

philanc · 09-30-2017, 01:26 PM

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Originally Posted by brianL

Do we have to address you as "Your Holiness" now?
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Code:

bash-4.3$ ddate
Today is Pungenday, the 54th day of Bureaucracy in the YOLD 3183

ddate! how could I miss this great utility during all these Slackware years!

This proves that whatever the thread, one must have faith and keep reading...

RadicalDreamer · 09-30-2017, 04:11 PM

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Originally Posted by brianL

Do we have to address you as "Your Holiness" now?
Posted on:

Code:

bash-4.3$ ddate
Today is Pungenday, the 54th day of Bureaucracy in the YOLD 3183

If you want

I didn't know about ddate. Nice!

kikinovak · 09-30-2017, 05:04 PM

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Originally Posted by wishwell

3. Um, we're not in the '90s anymore. What's wrong with user friendliness in Slackware?

Here's a book aimed at Linux newbies. It's based 100 % on Slackware Linux 14.2, because there are no weird surprises with this distribution, it's transparent and rock-solid.

Cheers,

Niki

Philip Lacroix · 10-01-2017, 05:34 AM

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Originally Posted by brianL

As for philosophy - we don't do that sort of thing in Oldham.

Good to see you back!

Fat_Elvis · 10-01-2017, 05:52 AM

The 90s were sort of awesome, though, PC-computing-wise.

brianL · 10-01-2017, 06:45 AM

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Originally Posted by kikinovak

Here's a book aimed at Linux newbies. Cheers,

Niki

FRENCH! It's in French!!! We don't do that in Oldham, either. The whole point of Brexit is so we don't have to learn how to read & speak foreign!

SCerovec · 10-03-2017, 03:03 PM

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$ ddate
Today is Sweetmorn, the 57th day of Bureaucracy in the YOLD 3183

Am I too late not to comment on this thread? :^[