Post subject: Slackware death Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2006 6:39 am
Joined Tue Oct 17, 2006 8:26 pm
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I abandoned slackware when the lead author fell really ill, and I was tired of the same package management that has been there since day 1.
I moved to Gentoo after that for a number of reasons. Number one, package management. Its all there. No hunting for which tgz contained the lib you needed. All my apps that support gnome will be built with gnome support if I just place "gnome, gtk, gtk+" and whatever else in my use flags. I personally use WindowMaker, but being able to have things not compiled by default with crap like Motif is a big plus.
i like all of the ubuntu versions, Xubuntu/Ubuntu/Kubuntu
but my favorite is the basic, Ubuntu.
iv got 6.(something, dunno what) and it works alright. i did, however, eventually go back to windows though. i can't use linux just yet because of all my windows stuff.
i like all of the ubuntu versions, Xubuntu/Ubuntu/Kubuntu
but my favorite is the basic, Ubuntu.
iv got 6.(something, dunno what) and it works alright. i did, however, eventually go back to windows though. i can't use linux just yet because of all my windows stuff.
lol, two weeks ago I installed kubuntu on my main PC, but it got sort of annoying, I thought it would be the perfect OS but it wasn't ,
I still use it in vmware though frequently,
Location The Ephemeral between existance and non-existance: AKA "being"
Favourite OS Rhapsody, BeOS
I think different versions of Linux should go with different tasks but my overal favorites are...
Arch - It works quickly and I feel the most in control
Damn Small Linux - It does a thing that no other Distrobutions are good at
Gentoo - Once installed first time Linux users can often use it better then others
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I think different versions of Linux should go with different tasks but my overal favorites are...
Arch - It works quickly and I feel the most in control Damn Small Linux - It does a thing that no other Distrobutions are good at Gentoo - Once installed first time Linux users can often use it better then others
I've tried all of those excpet Arch, *goes to distrowatch for a download*
Arch is a nice distro. I absolutely adore pacman, its package manager. So simple, like a hybrid rpm/portage, without the hassle of annoying -dev packages.
That said, I went the rough route and did LFS and did a little modifying of the process to use pacman as the package manager. Its a good feeling to know everything that's going on in your system. I mean, if some people like to build their own computers, why not build your own OS?
Post subject: Custom Linux Posted: Sat Nov 11, 2006 1:36 am
Joined Fri Nov 03, 2006 10:51 pm
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Location massachusetts
Favourite OS 4074
ive only used mandrake linuxwith XPde installed because i needed a simple, XP/Vista like desktop to help me migrate to Linux. Dont ask how I got XpDE To install, i was given a cd with it like that. i cant find it though, but if i do ill upload it if any1 is interested
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