Collins wrote: >Over the weekend I put up Slackware 8.1 and ran for a couple of days. >Pretty uneventful experience. The only real drawback is that they >don't package Sylpheed, but at least they do offer Xfce. A few notes: > >1) Slackware is still stuck in the Lilo world (some would say right >on). I let it create a Lilo bootdisk, but for some reason that failed >to boot. So I just updated my grub menu.lst and continued. > Mhy boot disk worked, but I updated grub menu.lst also.
> >2) I couldn't get the precompiled kernel to recognize my ethernet card >even after loading tulip, so I had to move over my kernel config and >compile my usual kernel which worked without a hitch. > Before the actual install there is a network setup, which detected my nic and installed tulip. Check the README or INSTALL files. > >3) I didn't load or try kde. > kde3 works fine here. > >4) My one drawback, and I'm sure Slackware afficionados have a cure >for this one, would be the problem of maintenance. I've gotten too >spoiled by gentoo where everything is done for me. > >5) On a scale of 1-10, I'd give Slack at least an 8. > Agreed. > > > Is there a printer config tool? (my HP840c won't work for some reason. I tried kde print tool but no luck) Command line 'lpr' works, but can't print from X. _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL.
