That's because there is no cost it's free if you have a CD writer or a place to put the install files on your hard disk to install from. You can buy a set of CD's from the slackware store. I intend to do this at some point myself but you don't have to subscribe it's purely optional. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Weber Walter M" <Walter.M.Weber@irs.gov> To: <blinux-list@redhat.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2002 9:26 AM Subject: questions about slackware > Hi All, > > I've gone to "SLACKWARE.COM" and, first, can't find any reference to the > cost of the system. Does anyone have, at least, a ballpark figure for it? > > And, second, a reference document which puts into perspective the various > portions of SLACKWARE, such as telling me what GLIB, TUX, BLUE PILL, etc. > does and why it might be useful? > > And, finally, if I have a machine which has DOS and Windows95 on it, can > I just create a directory from which I can launch SLACKWARE, or do I have to > go to partitioning. > > Thanks, > > Walt > > > _______________________________________________ Blinux-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list