WHY 6-CDs
 

Does Anyone know why I had to down load 6-CDs to install SlackWare-12, when I clicked to install everything ,but yet only used up the first 2 CDs to install the distro.
Also how can you tell me how to install the Packages on the other 4-CDs.?
Much Appreciated.
So far other than this, I think Slackware 12 is great.

The last 3 CDs are called slackware-12.0-source-d#.iso - they contain all the sources for the packages that make up slackware. The first 3 CDs have the packages on them - hence "install" in the iso name :)

Thus, you don't (can't) install anything from the last 3 CDs.

I had a feeling I might not need to download more than 3 or 4 but decided to just in case,
Do they warn of this anywhere as I had doubts about downloading the 6 as it can be a waste of MegaBytes towards your BroadBand Quota.
Thats over 2GBs I could of Saved, but not to worry.
But they really should warn of what the Disks are used for.
Thats My Opinion AnyWay.
Also I looked at Disk 4 , & it looks like their Mainly all TarBalls not ".tgz" as TarBalls can be a challenge where as ".tgz" I can just drag & Drop on to Kpackage to install.
AnyWay Thanks

The first 2 are the install cds. The 3rd is for /extra packages. The last three are the source code.

You only really need the first two to do an install. If you have Internet, you can get your /extra packages along with your updates!

I d/l all of them anyway cause I'm a Slackware nut and will want this particular iteration for quite some time. It's really a winner, the best Patrick has done yet by far! There again, I guess Patrick owes alot of the credit to Linus for the 2.6.x series of kernels as well as people at Dropline for the top of line line work on Gnome. If you haven't installed Dropline, your really missing out on the whole Slackware experience.

- Perry

ps.
with that in mind, Slackware + Dropline actually takes up 7 cds!

Thanks, again
One of the reasons I love SlackWare is the Package Tools you can use, I just came across "src2pkg' & used it to convert a "tar.gz" pkg which I sometimes had trouble with in past because of the different ways they are installed & it worked beutifully.
I am now going to try & convert a "tar.bz" package. I love the options you get with it as well,like you can call it to be put in what ever directory you cd to etc or install it straight away it seems.
Also Not Complaining but 2GBs is alot to waste against your Limit Quota plus the time used sitting around downloading & then wasting 4CDs to burn up you can save etc.
Anyway Not To worry-Life Goes On;

Is Dropline really that impressive? I never liked vanilla Gnome and so stayed with KDE for most of my time. How does vanilla and dropline compare, as well as Dropline and KDE, in your opinion?

Surprised no one suggested buying a set from the Slackware store as a way of supporting our favorite distro. :)

Dennisk

RE: buying a set. It comes all on ONE DVD and that is really easy to buy and have delivered. Even though it won't work on any old computers that don't have DVD drives, it's access speeds and having everything on one disk makes it worth it for my computer.

Hi,

The 3rd cd would also be needed if you need kdei (kde international) for a complete install.

That's a pretty lame excuse. These days you can buy a "top shelf" DVD burner for less than the price of dinner!

I've seen DOS 5 access a DVD ROM without any difficulty, using a generic driver downloaded from the internet. The drive was a Pioneer 111L.

There is no reason to not have a DVD drive any more, regardless of how old your machine is. ;)

All I know is that Slackware is marketed that it should be able to be used by 486 architecture. Maybe they handle DVD's. I never tried. Actually I never had a 486. I had a 386.

Even on this computer that is 5-6 years old that I run 1800 AMD, I only just bought a DVD player a couple months ago.

Same here, 'cept mine is a 1700 AMD. In fact, I got a DVD burner specifically because Slack 12.0 came on a DVD.

well...
 

i "liked" using gnome and was really dissappointed when 11 stopped supporting it...

then i tried 12 just to see what HAL was like and then i thought i'd throw gnome from 10.1 on top of it...

in the process of *trying* to do that i discovered dropline and now there is simply no turning back...

dropline gnome is everything vanilla gnome could only dream of being only more so, it's like comparing wayne grensky to high school hockey, it's like everything is all setup for you, it runs like a dream.

i confess... i am now "spoiled"...

- perry

Except if it's a laptop with a non-interchangeable drive. Of course, if the laptop has a USB port you could use an external drive, but they do cost much more than the typical 5-1/2" internal drive.

Dennisk

Hi,

Agree!

I think with the availability of larger flash at a reasonable cost as the external device the users will lean towards the flash over the dvd drive.

I like having a large usb drive available for times when I need portability, be a hard drive or flash. The external hard drive gets used a lot. But the flash even more. Cheaper by the dozen!