Hiya,
I don't think I have the brainpower to a get a slackware box up and working properly, so I've decided to give up for a while (or forever).
I just wanted to thank the people who've helped me greatly over the last 5 or 6 months with my questions.
Cheers guys,
mute

Ah well, at least you gave it a shot.

All the best in your endeavours.

Even slackware was too much for me when i was a newbie. Last time I tried slack was slack 10.0 and then had too much problem with setting it up. I went to ubuntu, fedora..etc etc...then as I started learning more about Linux, I tried the DIY distros like Arch and gentoo and also BSDs. I now am using slack 13.0, and loving it. So I'm sure you will be coming back to slack someday.

You'll be back. Eventually, they all come back.
But, until you do, best of luck finding what you're looking for.

He's right - I did. But then again, I refuse to accept that there may be something I can't do. Just don't be afraid to tear it up and start over. Set up a test partition if you can, and try it there first.

Best wishes, mutexe, with your new distro!
When I started with Slackware (10.0) I hated it and I did feel frustrated because I couldn't figure things out. I came back, plodded away, and I eventually came to love Slackware.
We will be here to help you if you choose to run Slackware again.
Take care.

hitest

Well annoyingly it was all nearly there. A full working box I mean. I think "not having the brainpower" may have been the wrong thing to say (i have a theoretical physics degree, so i must have a couple of brain cells somewhere). I love tinkering around with slack, but at the moment I need something that just works.
At work they are now making do C#, sql server, and asp.net. I then come home and fiddle about with slack, then try and learn some bash scripting, so as you can imagine my head feels completely fried at the moment
I'm sure i'll be back in the future though.

You know you can tell us what problems you're facing. And it's not a requisite to be a programmer to use slack. :P

You could always dual-boot "something that just works" with Slack - the best of both worlds.

I have a laptop with ubuntu and slack on it. I guess I can still tinker about with it - there's no rush to get it all sorted as soon as possible is there?
Thanks guys,
mute

Not at all, man. I have my Lenovo S10 netbook TRIPLE booted between Slackware 13, Ubuntu 9.04, and Windows 7 Ultimate. Take all the time you need, especially if you already have Ubuntu installed. I agree, that sometimes you got so much going on that messing around with Slack, or anything on your computer really thats not working properly can fry your brain. Take a break, use Ubuntu for a little while, and when your Linux brain is nice and rested, take another stab at Slackware.

Due to certain limitations, I have gone about a year and a half without Slackware, so I am a newbie again myself, but I am glad to be back in the saddle with Slack. As I said in a previous post that Slackware is a headache and a pain in the butt, but it's a lot of fun, and I actually enjoy getting the headaches from troubleshooting it. Take your time, rest your brain, and then jump right back in it again. Good luck, dude. Look forward to seeing you post in the slackware forums again.

Awesome! That's the spirit! A Slacker never gives up.
Take it slow and putter with Slackware when you feel like taking another look at it.
We will help you.

I've been using Slackware from 12.1 release. Granted i had help from a friend who helped me configure it. never looked back . Sometimes it was frustrating but i eventually got the hang of it.

Using Slack64 - 13..loving it.

I decided that patience and the ability to put things on the backburner were going to be essential ... so Slackware has two slots sdb8 and sdb9,Slackware shares the computer with 32 bit xp and 64 bit xp along with sabayon and Mepis...so I have all the time in the world to play around with Slackware...
ps both Slackwares have problems...Ohhhh well

About a year or so ago I was also tempted to back away from Slackware and return to my previous comfort zone of the more point-n-clik distros I had used previously. I multi-booted for a while and kept Slack on my box....and after a while found myself being drawn more and more to Slack and hardly bothering with the others.

In any event....best of luck with your distro choice. Hopefully we'll see you back soon