I am also disappointed with some of the changes that were made in slackware 8.1. I too tried two slackware sites, and finally downloaded the install image in about 9 hours with a broadband connection. Usually, I can get full iso images in about 2 hours. I have a none-production machine which I've been planning to try redhat and debian on for a while. I think that I'll move to debian if slackware makes any other changes I do not like. For now, I think I'll continue running slackware 8.0 on my server until the hd dies or something, and upgrade to new packages as neded. Greg P.S., I found I was missing having gnu/linux on my windows only machine, so I split my vfat partition (since umsdos support was removed from slackware 8.1 (not a good change)), and installed slackware 8.1. I found that most of the new changes aren't as bad as I expected, but still ... On Sat, Jul 20, 2002 at 01:19:05PM -0700, Steve Holmes wrote: > I haven't looked at the root disks yet but I'm kinda disappointed that > the other ISO images aren't available for download anymore. And > furthermore, I've been to two different slackware sites and the > transmission speeds are horrible! I have a broadband connection here > and the one install ISO image is downloading at dial-up speeds! that > sucks. > > I'm seriously thinking about maybe looking into Debian. I'll have to > learn another distro and the layout of config files and all that > but... > > Is it true the only way to get the other CD's is to buy them now? >
