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1: Yes - using LILO (Linux Loader) or GRUB (GRand Unified Bootloader) you can multiboot between Linux and Windows XP. Slackware comes with LILO which, once you know it, is relatively easy to set up
2: You can download Slackware from your nearest mirror. Please use a mirror rather than slackware.com, as it gets overloaded. Mirrors : http://www.slackware.com/getslack/
3: Yes.
Generic comment - I believe all of these answers could easily be found by using the search feature here on LQ or Google. Remember Google is your friend.
Originally posted by TigerLinux another thing, slackware website is plain color, black n white, why so dull?
I remember you from the fedora thread.
You were bored to download a simple rpm to get mp3 support in fedora.
From what I've already seen:
"i am tired to do so much job, i go back to mandriva."
"another thing, slackware website is plain color, black n white, why so dull?"
I would recommend you to try another distro. Slackware is not for you.
Distribution: Slackware64 14.2 and current, SlackwareARM current
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Originally posted by TigerLinux u see, i have mandriva 2005/2006, fedora core4, kubuntu, ubuntu, suse 9.3/10.0RC1
You forgot Windows. Maybe you should stay with it and have a look at Linux again in one or two years. I truly doubt Linux -- each of the distros you mentioned and Slackware as well -- will satisfy your needs.
All the distros you mentioned should be able to share a harddisk with Windows, to automount CDs and to play MP3 files, but it might be necessary to do a little reading and tweaking, more or less. It's okay if you are not interested in this, but in this case you should not install slackware. Please. No.
I got my first choice, which is mandriva,
2 years ago i already started using mandrake 8.0 till now.
Since there are so many distros out there, no harm for me to try one.
Today, i will go back to my office to get my SUSE 9.3 first, i have never try suse. (My office internet is 2MB/s, faster than my home's one, only 512kb/s, so, normally i download the ISO files by using my office's PC.)
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