David Zakar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > When was this? You know, things have advanced slightly in the past 3 > years or so... Slack is still using a 2.4 kernel by default
Last install I did was a couple of months ago. I recall that 2.6.x is an option at setup time, but I may be wrong. The RH foray was many years ago. The Slackware install does require beginners to understand concepts like "default", "option", and "choose". Probably an issue with most distros, though. As for GUI's... it's true that curses apps aren't as snazzy and the stark simplicity of the Slack setup program may turn off new users raised on dancing paper clips. Distro religion aside, if New User is reading this, note we all agree that you have to look to see what your guru is running. I sense that the best advice givers on this list these days aren't necessarily Slack users (there was a time...) so Slack may not be the one for you after all. > - which is > not exactly great for forwards compatibility. And if we're at the point > of "well, choose a new kernel", we're already beyond "friendly". > I've installed and used Slack, Debian, Fedora, Vector, SuSE, Knoppix, > RHEL, Mandriva, and maybe a couple others in the past year (for work!). > If you absolutely require a Slackware, Vector is an appealing choice, > moreso than "pure Slackware". I still stand by my statement that > Slackware isn't a new-user-friendly distro, especially compared to the > other choices available. I'd rather someone do graphical configuration > than get frustrated and go back to Windows. > > I don't know where the "Slackware is the peg for every hole" movement > got started, but it's just not true. > > Judah is correct about one thing - definitely try to make sure the > distro you use is one other people can help you with... > > -DMZ > > On Tue, 2006-03-14 at 03:22 -0500, J. Milgram wrote: > > I'll -3 it. I never understood the "Slackware is hard" bit. Seemed > > pretty easy to me when I started, and I'm no rocket scientist. The one > > Red Hat install I did failed to impress. So my advice is install > > Slackware and be Happy. > > > > Actually the Correct Answer is: figure out who's going to be giving you > > the most help, and install what they're running. > > > > Judah > > > > Michael Hughes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Me too - I'll third what Dave and Rich said. Here's a nice blurb on > > > Ubuntu (and others): > > > http://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=major > > > > > > > > -- > David Zakar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >
