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07-18-2014, 05:14 AM
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LQ 5k Club
Registered: Jan 2006
Location: Oldham, Lancs, England
Distribution: Slackware64 15; SlackwareARM-current (aarch64); Debian 12
Posts: 8,311
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Sorry it's late: Happy 21st Birthday, Slackware!!!
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07-18-2014, 05:19 AM
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Member
Registered: Jun 2010
Location: Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
Distribution: Slackware64 15, -current
Posts: 172
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Yea, thank you Pat. Happy 21st birthday!
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07-18-2014, 06:38 AM
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LQ Guru
Registered: Aug 2004
Location: Pisa, Italy
Distribution: Slackware
Posts: 7,338
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congrats! 1000 of these anniversaries!
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07-18-2014, 07:32 AM
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Senior Member
Registered: Oct 2003
Location: Northeastern Michigan, where Carhartt is a Designer Label
Distribution: Slackware 32- & 64-bit Stable
Posts: 3,541
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21? Wow. Been a while, a darned good while in my opinion.
Here's to another 21, eh?
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07-18-2014, 07:39 AM
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Senior Member
Registered: Feb 2006
Location: Outer Shpongolia
Distribution: Slackware, CRUX
Posts: 1,492
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long live
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07-18-2014, 07:49 AM
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Member
Registered: Dec 2004
Location: Hyderabad, India
Distribution: Slackware 13, Ubuntu 12.04
Posts: 440
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Happy Birthday Slackware! Slackware Zindabaad (i.e., Long Live Slackware)
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07-18-2014, 08:21 AM
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Senior Member
Registered: Jun 2003
Location: Virginia
Distribution: Slackware = Main OpSys
Posts: 4,980
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I don't know enough of Patrick's personality to know how other people think of what I assume is essentially his life's work. He may not care at all about mere opinion and has to what he has to do. He may be shy or really polite . He maybe bored of hearing it all the time and feel like "OK enough with the accolades already, when was it I was I supposed to start getting paid again? Or maybe he is completely proud and vindicated each time another year passes and the field of serious distros grows ever smaller and the core of loyal users of Slack grows a little bit larger.
I suspect and imagine he "gets to be" each and all of these things and more from time to time, but the one I hope sticks around the most is satisfaction with pride. Anybody who creates a thing, let alone a body of work this respected, this long among his peers, needs to know he deserves these accolades. Things this fundamental in what is still the infancy stage of Linux, are incalculable in the scope of the ripple effect. To me, Slackware is nothing short of that rare bird, a perfect blend of Science and Art - caution without paranoia (safe), performance without instability (balance and polish) and above all flexibility and all with a clarity of vision that is unique and trustworthy.
I posted this Scottish toast in General but it the occasion deserves a repeat
Code:
Here's tae us,.. wha's like us,... damn few...... and they're a' deid!
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5 members found this post helpful.
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07-18-2014, 09:09 AM
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Rogue Class
Registered: Sep 2006
Location: OR, USA
Distribution: Slackware64-15.0
Posts: 376
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07-18-2014, 10:01 AM
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Member
Registered: Jul 2007
Distribution: Slackware
Posts: 235
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Happy Birthday, Slackware.
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07-18-2014, 11:35 AM
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Guru
Registered: Mar 2004
Location: Canada
Distribution: Slackware (desktops), Void (thinkpad)
Posts: 7,432
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Happy Birthday, Slackware!! 
Many thanks to Pat and the entire Slackware Team for maintaining our favourite operating system. Praise Bob!  |
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07-18-2014, 11:38 AM
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Member
Registered: May 2011
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Distribution: Slackware 13.37
Posts: 89
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Happy 21st birthday to #slackware!
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1 members found this post helpful.
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07-18-2014, 11:56 AM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Jan 2014
Location: Split, Croatia
Distribution: Slackware
Posts: 20
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Happy birthday to our favorite operating system |
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07-18-2014, 12:53 PM
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LQ Guru
Registered: Mar 2004
Distribution: Slackware
Posts: 6,605
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Happy birthday.
Quote:
This release is based largely on the SLS system, but has been enhanced and
modified substantially. There are two main disk series, A (13 disks) and
X (11 disks). Some of the features...
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13 disks to download, make and install (+11 other disks for X), good old days  |
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07-18-2014, 01:42 PM
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Member
Registered: Jan 2011
Location: Germany
Distribution: Slackware64 -current + Multilib
Posts: 411
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To infinity and beyond!
Big thanks to Pat, Eric and all others who are keeping this distribution alive.
I raise my glass of rum to you and to Slackware, of course.
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07-18-2014, 02:16 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Dec 2012
Distribution: Slackware
Posts: 11
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Happy Birthday Slackware, should have bought cake or a six-pack
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