Potential Slack User
 

Hello,

I potentially want to install slackware however i have a few questions regarding the distro before i install. 1st question is i noticed the full distro is 4 cds do you need all for to install your typical workstation no server or anything like that? secondly does slack offer the gnome desktop in one of their repositories sorry no offense but im a gnome-lover!

Thanks in advannce!

Hi karuptdata www.slackware.com is the best place for you to find info.
The first two cds are all you need.
The second two have souce on them.

And 10.2 is the first version that doesnt come with gnome! Apparently heaps of people install dropline gnome... I am quite liking the new KDE:D

The first CD is all you will need. The second cd contains KDE, the third and fourth contain sources for the packages. If you want to use GNOME with slack you will need to install it separately. Check out Dropline Gnome There are other slackware gnome systems out there, just search this forum.

So after i download the first cd it will be text only i assume right? and from that point i can do slapt-get gnome or what ever to install dropline is that how it works?

By default a slackware installation will always start at a command line.

Besides KDE there is also fluxbox, xfce etc, so if you run "startx" you'll get one of these, if you want to choose which one, run "xwmconfig" and take your pick ;)

Really don't want KDE ? de-select it when you install slackware (then it won't even ask for the second cd).

ok thanks im going to try it

I believe you will want to go to dropline gnome's website and download their installer, then run it. You will not use slapt-get unless it has changed since I tried it.

Another alternative that I use for gnome is http://gsb.freerock.org/

If you're hellbent on using Gnome, then check out GSB. From what I understand, it plays a little more friendly than Dropline, in that it doesn't overwrite packages that came with Slackware with its own versions thereof.

I'd really suggest you try out either KDE or XFCE, however.... Failing that, you could also download the /GNOME package set from a 10.1 mirror. That's fairly current.

Yes it does! Read their replaced Slackware packages page. This is NOT a bad thing, in order to offer a more up-to-date GNOME desktop you will have to replace some of this stuff.
If you call GNOME 2.6.x "fairly current", then yes it is "fairly current". GWare, FreeRock/GSB and Dropline all offer the most current 2.10.x as their "standard" GNOME desktop and both Freerock/GSB and Dropline are offering, or will soon be offering, a beta of GNOME 2.12.0 (both are testing it right now with Slackware 10.2).

Later,
MMYoung