dear all,

just wanted to share a thought...

i have purchased online and just received this nice thinghy from slackware.org.

considering what we all pay in so many bull**** stuff and are used to paying for commercial applications, and that patrick has recently had a hard time in and out from clinics, i thought this was just a very microscopic sign of my gratitude for putting so much effort on something we are all enjoying from.

maybe this will raise some envy, create a purchase impulse and help pat a little more

cheers to you all,

aj.

I'd buy one, but i don't want to pay almost the same price for delivery.. Its rediculous.

Your post got me to poking around the store.
Purchased a preorder of the next book, few case plates & the hat.
I figured your right. I should give something back for this OS I'm using.
Hard to believe how much work goes into Slack.
It's ended my viri/trojan/lockup/rpmhell headaches, installing Slack9.0 was the best move I made.
I'm grateful for the work he's done.
Better this than wasting my $ on an annual antivirus subscription.

hehe you mean the cap?

didn't see that one before, i really wanted to get into nerdie world with the doll so i stopped there

i'm rather curious on the book... please do post your comments once you have read it!

cheers,

aj.

*double post*, deleted

Yea thats the one. I always wear hats, so hopefully it's a nice one.
I'll post on the book once I get to check it out.
Although I guess it's not ready to ship yet being it's a preorder.

It is a cool ball cap. I have 2 and wear then constantly... I will say that the dye used fades really quick if your out in the sun alot... That why I have 2... One is brown, the other is black...

When is the next book supposed to come out anyway?

Real Soon Now (TM) I would think. The head guy at SlackBook.org said earlier this week that it's already been sent off to the printers.

I just shelled out for 3 bumper stickers (one for the cover of my laptop and the other two I don't know where I am going to put. I am thinking either my bike or office door.

I also got one of those 1"x1" stickers, I have no idea what I am going to do with it, but I just found myself wanting one! The Slackware store is addictive!!

sure is LOL

My laptop has not one, but two stickers telling me that it's "designed for Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional" - so I have no doubt that that 1x1 case badge will fit nicely somewhere on your laptop.

Now you've got me thinking I want one as well.

Going back to the book, I hope after this release the next one won't take such a long time, what, the last book was released in like 2000? It would be nice if it can just be updated each time there is a major version release of Slackware, like from 10 or in this case since the book is based on 10.1 , that the next book should obviously focus on 11

Lol, resistance is futile

I was lucky enough to get my Thinkpad with no OS and no "Designed for..." stickers. The only one it has is a centrino sticker but that is right under my left wrist when I type so I don't want to put the Slackware sticker there. Maybe on the touch-pad because I never use that (I *hate* those things)

Things I've ordered from the Slackware Store...

Serious Slackware T-Shirt
Slackware Hat
7" Penguin
(3) 1x1 Case Stickers
And a lot of the "Contribute's".. I won't specify the quantity here..

And I do finally plan on buying the next release which will probably be 11.0.. might just end up getting a subscription, even though I keep my systems up to date with Current..

But the coolest thing I got was when he dropped by the LQ.org booth and hung out with us for two days in the booth while at the LWE San Francisco 2003.. I got a cool Slackware mini ScrewDriver and a bumper sticker from him personally.. he stopped by again the next year in SF but I didn't make that.. finegan and jeremy have more stories from that one..