I prefer "Slackware". I don't recommend "Red Hat",

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Gary — 8/24/2004 4:40:18 PM (archived)

The RPM files used by "Red Hat" are a real bore. "Slackware" uses the "KISS" philosophy (Keep It Simple Stupid). This is my own prejudice and others no doubt will strongly disagree.

Gary

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Are people happy with XP? - Bowser - 8/23/2004 4:39:27 AM
- I'm happy being without it on my personal PC. - et - 8/25/2004 6:02:15 PM
  - Scratch that. Debian is not Slackware. More thoughts... - et - 8/26/2004 7:45:06 PM
    - Multi-boot strategy - Gary - 8/28/2004 6:52:13 PM
      - Nice! - Todd - 9/2/2004 5:27:50 AM
      - That's pretty slick. - et - 8/30/2004 4:41:03 PM
        
        Not trying to crack your system Gary, just curious. - et - 8/31/2004 4:18:14 PM
        
        Nothing fancy - Gary - 9/1/2004 7:07:32 AM
        
        Well, it's supported under Slackware...not 2.6 kernels yet. - et - 9/1/2004 4:50:48 PM
  - Thanks. - Bowser - 8/25/2004 11:09:51 PM
    - re: Thanks. - Linux fETish - 8/26/2004 3:03:39 AM
- I like XP O.K. - Todd - 8/24/2004 10:57:24 PM
- My experience (I'm happy with Linux and Windows 2000) - Gary - 8/23/2004 6:42:54 AM
  - Well, I think my next effort will be Linux, the Mandrake version. Thanks. (n/t) - Bowser - 8/23/2004 10:15:21 PM
    - I prefer "Slackware". I don't recommend "Red Hat", - Gary - 8/24/2004 4:40:18 PM
      - Thank you, Todd and Gary. - Bowser - 8/25/2004 5:36:55 PM
        
        Remote Access - Nick Hoffman - 8/30/2004 4:53:46 PM

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