Hi Don't get me wrong because I love Debian. I use it and won't go back to Slackware but it is Slackware that comes on well, sort of on 1 cd. If you don't have an internet connection or the hardware, you'll need all 3 cd's. -----Original Message----- From: speakup-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:speakup-admin at braille.uwo.ca]On Behalf Of Alex Snow Sent: 29 March 2002 23:28 To: speakup at braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: gnu/linux distros, was: Re: flame wars? My linux box isn't up yet, but I already have a favorite: debian. It only takes up 1 cd, has the lowest minimum requirements I know. I will also use slackware (zipspeak) temperarily until I can get a 500 meg hd for the 486 I'm going to put linux on. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Igor Gueths" <igueths@xxxxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Friday, March 29, 2002 4:13 PM Subject: Re: gnu/linux distros, was: Re: flame wars? Hi Greg. I don't have a favorite distro, because the only one I have used thus far is Debian. However, I can say that Debian has an awesome package manager! I may try Redhat and/or slackware in the future just to see how they work. ----- Original Message ----- From: Gregory Nowak <gnowak1@xxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Friday, March 29, 2002 3:42 PM Subject: gnu/linux distros, was: Re: flame wars? > Since you're a gnu/linux veteran, at the risk of starting a distro war, may I ask if you have a favorate distro? If so, which one and why. Thanks. > Greg > > > On Fri, Mar 29, 2002 at 07:34:46PM +0800, Kerry Hoath wrote: > > I don't think any particular user is a lamer or a looser or any other demeaning > > term. > > I do have a problem when a user asks a question that I have allready > > answered in a message to them. > > If you don't understand something ask for clarification, and if at first you don't understand > > a message I have sent answering your question, stash it away since > > you may get a piece of knowledge that will clear things up. > > I agree; list trafic is low on this list, and if it were not; > > I would unsubscribe since I pay per megabyte received at 20.9 cents per meg. > > I do remember when I was new to Linux, although when I got involved > > the only distribution available was sls and you build everything from > > source once you had core binaries. These were the days of kernel 0.99p4 > > which had no networking code in it by default and no sound driver. > > As a result; I am used to doing things the hard way, > > and in some cases the slow way. Things have definitely become easier > > however there is still a lot to learn for the new user. > > If terms are confusing, try http://www.whatis.com since they have both a simple and complex > > definition of a lot of things that suits the novice and expert alike. > > Remember, there are list archives, and although this can be tedious often they may > > contain answers to problems that have allready been covered on the list. > > This does not mean you are not free to re-ask a question, but it can save time > > if the answer is easy to find. > > > > Regards, Kerry. > > On Thu, Mar 28, 2002 at 05:16:56PM -0500, Igor Gueths wrote: > > > Yeah I might do that. But he might think I am a lamer or something. But I don't think that lamers understand C too well. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: Ann Parsons <akp at eznet.net> > > > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > > > Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2002 5:05 PM > > > Subject: flame wars? > > > > > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > > > Igor, you're right for the most part. think maybe you need to write > > > > privately to Kerry and find out why he is miffed with you. <smile> > > > > No reason for flame wars. > > > > > > > > I will state again, that if you don't know what you're looking for in > > > > docs, it doesn't do you a bit of good to look for it. 'rmuser' is not > > > > 'userdel', and the second command can not be found unless you know it > > > > exists. I suspect too, that the reference in the documentation is to > > > > deleting users rather than removing them, hence the stumbling block. > > > > I repeat, if you look on linuxdoc for 'skuzzy', you won't find it. If > > > > you look for SCSI, you'll find documentation galore. > > > > > > > > No worries, think there's just been a misunderstanding. > > > > > > > > Ann P. > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Ann K. Parsons > > > > email: akp at eznet.net ICQ Number: 33006854 > > > > WEB SITE: http://home.eznet.net/~akp > > > > "All that is gold does not glitter. Not all those who wander are lost." JRRT > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Speakup mailing list > > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________ > > > Do You Yahoo!? > > > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Speakup mailing list > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > -- > > Kerry Hoath: kerry at gotss.net kerry at gotss.eu.org or kerry at gotss.spice.net.au > > ICQ: 8226547 msn: kerry at gotss.net Yahoo: kerryhoath at yahoo.com.au > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? 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