From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from con-64-133-68-240-kcm.sprinthome.com ([64.133.68.240] helo=saidin.asmodean.net) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.32 #1 (Debian)) id 15spez-0001BM-00 for ; Sun, 14 Oct 2001 14:06:49 -0400 Received: (from raul@localhost) by saidin.asmodean.net (8.11.4/8.11.3) id f9EI7hX13007 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Sun, 14 Oct 2001 13:07:43 -0500 Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2001 13:07:43 -0500 From: "Raul A. Gallegos" To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: watch for heresay Message-ID: <20011014130743.B10670@asmodean.net> Mail-Followup-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca References: <003501c153bd$424ab080$0300a8c0@elcjn1.sdca.home.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-md5; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="TRYliJ5NKNqkz5bu" Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from cpt.kirk@1tree.net on Sun, Oct 14, 2001 at 08:48:18AM -0500 Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 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: --TRYliJ5NKNqkz5bu Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Kirk Wood said the following on Sun, Oct 14, 2001 at 08:48:18AM -0500: > For the complete novice, RedHat and Debian have the easiest > interfaces. I highly recomend RedHat's linuxconf for ease of use. With the > one program you can do most configuration needed. It comes standard on a > redhat install. It is available for debian and might be for slackware. So far as I know you can compile and install linuxconf for slackware but I have not seen a slackware package. I believe and this is just my=20 viewpoint that slackware's approach is to have one edit things manually=20 so you can see how things work rather than totally dependig on automated things to do the work for you. > Slackware has the highest learning curve for admin. That being said, it is > the easiest to maniputlate on a basic leve. All Linux systems use text > files for their config. Slackware is the easiest to directly modify the > text file. How very true. When I learned Linux Slackware was the first distro I even used. I personally like to see how thigs are done. Becuase fo this I prefer Slackware. I wonder if being a Unix admin for Sprint has=20 something to do with my liking for admin type of configurations for Slackware. The real nice thing is I've configured Slackware systems, left them alone, and as long as I document notes on what I did, I can leave them alone for months at a time without having to change anything. --=20 --- Raul A. Gallegos mailto:raul@asmodean.net http://www.asmodean.net For millions of years, mankind lived just like the animals.. Then something happened, which unleashed the power of our imagination... We learned to talk... --TRYliJ5NKNqkz5bu Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iEYEARECAAYFAjvJ1G8ACgkQas0vKmIuNMegNQCgwq469n5Hrk71EllY1PFxMTW1 IRgAoI4ZfEl0fqEYwxDKIvmypNpw67bM =yAAX -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --TRYliJ5NKNqkz5bu--