From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from harrier.mail.pas.earthlink.net ([207.217.120.12]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 193Q5k-0007jW-00 for ; Wed, 09 Apr 2003 20:39:00 -0400 Received: from 0-1pool132-43.nas4.cleveland1.oh.us.da.qwest.net ([65.150.132.43] helo=tward1978) by harrier.mail.pas.earthlink.net with smtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 193Q5f-0003Ev-00 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Wed, 09 Apr 2003 17:38:56 -0700 Message-ID: <006501c2fef9$a98d0b60$2b849641@tward1978> From: "Thomas D. Ward" To: References: <5.1.0.14.2.20030405113312.00ad7b60@mail.shawcable.com><5.1.0.14.2.20030405102215.00aeae40@mail.shawcable.com><5.1.0.14.2.20030405113312.00ad7b60@mail.shawcable.com> <5.1.0.14.2.20030409163416.00ad3090@mail.shawcable.com> Subject: Re: Slack 9 problems!!! Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2003 20:39:35 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: I'm a little unclear why you would say Red Hat is too complex to understand what it does. I suspect since I have used RH from the beginning I understand it's inner workings better than a Slack user, but I personally don't find it dificult. ----- Original Message ----- From: Doug Sutherland To: Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2003 10:36 AM Subject: Re: Slack 9 problems!!! > Steve, > > Slack 9 is awesome ... with the new hotplug support > in place it found everything for me ... slack is > getting better all the time. I am a slack addict :) > Patrick is doing good work. To be honest redhat is > too complex to even know what it does IMO ... > > BTW I tried building a linux sytstem entirely from > source www.linuxfromscratch.org ... lots o fun. If > you really want to understand linux ... this goes > down to the basics ... > -- Doug > > > At 01:29 PM 4/9/2003 -0700, you wrote: > >On Sat, Apr 05, 2003 at 11:36:37AM +0200, Doug wrote: > > > Thomas, > > > > > > > Thanks, this was vary helpful. > > > > > > I started on Redhat long ago in the Redhat 5 days, then > > > switched to slackware a few years ago. Yes there is a lot > > > to learn, but if you persist, slackware is a great system. > > > It is great because of its simplicity. That may not seem > > > true right now, but it will later if you keep on plugging. > > > If you have more slackware questions, feel free to send > > > me email directly. I've done so many slackware installs > > > I can almost do it in my sleep. > > > >Yeah and now the 9.0 release was pretty to upgrade in place too. Past > >experiences with upgrading in place usually ended up having to be a > >complete reinstall but this time, I was able to update the various > >packages tweek a few files in /etc and away I go! Sure handy to have > >diff around to compare the new files from the upgrade with the > >original ones. > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Speakup mailing list > >Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup