From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from nsfone.fone.net ([206.168.68.96]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1I2edC-0000d0-00 for ; Sun, 24 Jun 2007 22:48:46 -0400 Received: from mail2.fone.net (mail2.fone.net [206.168.68.165]) by nsfone.fone.net (8.13.8+Sun/8.13.7) with ESMTP id l5P2leJ1011356 for ; Sun, 24 Jun 2007 20:47:40 -0600 (MDT) Received: from tdsportable (ip-206-123-194-16.static.fasttrackcomm.net [206.123.194.16]) by mail2.fone.net (8.13.6+Sun/8.12.10) with SMTP id l5P2mGjL015827 for ; Sun, 24 Jun 2007 20:48:16 -0600 (MDT) Message-ID: <006c01c7b6d3$43fbd240$6c01a8c0@tdsportable> From: "Littlefield, tyler" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." References: Subject: Re: Trying out Slackware Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2007 19:48:03 -0700 Organization: TDS MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2869 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2869 X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 000751-5, 06/24/2007), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean X-PMX-Version: 5.3.1.294258, Antispam-Engine: 2.5.1.298604, Antispam-Data: 2007.6.24.192932 X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Littlefield, tyler" , "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2007 02:48:46 -0000 Slackware is usually known for building everything from source. :) That's what is usually done, then if you want, you can make packages for future. HTH, ----- Original Message ----- From: "Zachary Kline" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2007 7:43 PM Subject: Trying out Slackware > Hiya, > Since I don't technically have an actual computer running Linux to > speak of, in some ways I have an advantage. I'm able to try out new Linux > distributions on the fly and as I become interested in them. Today I > tried out Slackware 11.0, and I really like it so far. The only thing I > have to get used to is the amount that comes preinstalled and the amount > that isn't available. There are far fewer packages in the Slackware > repositories than in, say, the Gentoo Portage system or Debian's package > databases. But I don't know if this is a bad thing or not. > That being said, could any of you Slackware veterans give me a tip or > two? What is the method for installing stuff that isn't in the Slackware > package lists? Do you compile from source, or make a Slackware package > with makepkg? > Thanks, > Zack. > PS: I love BSD init. > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup