oh, LOL!!!

I'm with houler on this, it's gotta be the name. 'Slackware' is a very sensible and practical name for an OS. Just compare it to the other distributions out there. Who wears Fedoras anymore, honestly, how retro can you get? And don't get me started on everyone else, they all sound like exotic places or worse yet, exotic diseases. "I'm going to Ubuntu, Africa next week, but first I have to get my Mandriva and Mepis inoculations."

etrumbo!

I will be remembering your reply for a long time!

Slackware just sounds like its wearing jeans, sunglasses and a leather jacket.

Even the name Debian scares me. It sounds like a good name for a principal ("Go to Mr. Debian's office right away!").

I just wouldn't expect to hear that from someone who calls himseld Etrumbo.

Later,
Mords

LOL... well said

I use it cos when I tell people I use slackware I get accused of being a masochist. Makes me seem rugged!

KMcd!

Saying you use Slackware is almost like saying you use DOS to Windows user.

Later!
Mords

LOL

kids: that's why you aren't supposed to do drugs... I don't need to do drugs, I do computing (crap! did I say that loud!?)

Hi all, I would like to share my experience thru slackware. Please forgive the possible grammar mistakes, English ain't my birth language (java is LOL).

My very first experience with Linux was trying to install Mandrake, but it didn't work as smoothly as I expected (I was moving out of Windows, so I wanted some real difference in performance), so I tried Slack. I keep using it and I'm so pleased with it that I shall never change off it. I like Slackware 'cause of the simplicity inherent in it. I'm using it since version 9, some years ago. There wasn't too much support like there is now, but everything worked just fine. Now everything is easier (there is a LOT of help out there), and if someone WANTS to install it, there is no valid argument to don't do it. I recommend it to anyone who uses another distro.

Just the other day someone told me about a distro called Slax, it's a tiny live-CD version based on Slackware (uses kernel 2.6). Seemed pretty cool to me to have close the tiny-8cm-CD as a rescue disk, to save files off a damaged computer, repartitioning some disks or something like that.

There is no reason for me to leave Slackware, as long as those guys keep supporting it.

I just love Slackware. Love it as it is.

Peace you all.

For those who don't know,"Slackware" is a reference to J. R. "Bob" Dobbs and the "Church of the Illuminati," who's basic tenent is giving people slack, if I remember right (it's been a few years, gimme some slack!). Google it if you wish, but beware of the fnords!

Charred!

A smack on the wrist with a wet fnord for you.

It's the Church of the Subgenius that promotes the ideal slack.

The Illuminati are just another bunch of misguided pinks.

For a look at a really different church, see the newsgroup alt.slack

Because It was the first Distro that actually worked, after trying Redhat, mandrake and one other. It was easy to install and to configure, although theres probably not much different than other distros. It just worked when the others didnt. Maybe because the others try to be everything such as including X off the bat to be a "windows" type environment........Im just rambling..............im tired...........

You're absolutely right! I knew something didn't feel right about what I said, but it has been so long I couldn't place it! The Illuminati are the wierdos, aren't they? Well, cut this "former reverend" some slack, will ya?

any retard can "point and click" IE...... ( fedora core & mandrake )

Slack requires one to use common sense and to edit your own config files..........

moral of the story........IF I'd wanted "point and click" I would have stayed with windows.............

Any retard can run Slack. It's not exactly rocket science.... all that you need is a desire and willingness to learn.

Are you sure you're thinking of Slackware? Maybe you're talking about an older version or something. . . Slackware 10.1 DOES come with Java, Flash, MP3 players, and MPEG players preinstalled.

And you really shouldn't be choosing a distro when you're pressed for time and have work to do. You NEED to be able to spend some time and learn to use it - having these things preinstalled might be great right now, but what are you going to do when you need to install something? Will you know how to do it if you need to and need to right away, and all you can find is the source? Because I can almost GUARANTEE that there will be PLENTY of things you need/want to install that you will need to install from source.

LOL!
How does that go again? "Circle, circle, dot, dot, now you've got your SuSE shot!"

'Scuse me, I've got a cold.
Think I'm about to sneeze. . .
Aaah. . .

Aaah. . .

"Gentoo!"