[ltp] Slackware on T42?

[linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org]

yeah, as long as one doesnt make the mistake of joining the ubuntu user
lists. the snr is astronomical. distro is kool, though i think it seems
the insult a lot of experienced rh or other distro users.

~piranha

<quote who="Josh Battles">
> Bob Alexander said:
>>
>> Josh,
>> risk starting the same old annoying futile "distro" war :)
>
> I didn't mean to start a distro war, I'm just looking for opinions at this
> point.
>
>> AFAIK Gentoo is the most widespread source based distro
>> (www.distrowatch.com .. know that site ?). Made for people which loves
>> to build everything from the sources eventually tweaking the compilation
>> and other things. Gotta have a pretty a lot of free time and love
>> watching the compilation of such hulks as X :)
>
> I do like building stuff from source, the compile time isn't really that
> big
> of a deal for me, I don't bring my laptop to work so it can just sit there
> for 8 hours at a time.  Being a Slackware user, I'm no stranger to
> optimizing
> for my machine and feel that I get better performance from it for that
> reason.  Of course I could just be kidding myself, but I do like the
> learning
> experience it provides.  I think I learned more in 3 weeks with Slack than
> I
> learned in a year with RH.  I'll probably check out the support forums and
> the documentation on the website before I decide to go this route anyway,
> since it it so much work.  It would certainly be a learning experience and
> a
> challenge though, and that's why I started using linux in the first place.
> (I
> do like a good challenge)
>
>> Debian for many of us is a very good distro. The deb packages are almost
>> always very very well built, adherence to many standards (FHS etc.) is
>> usually strictly enforced. Installing and upgrading is usually a very
>> smooth experience. Support is almost overwhelming (debian-user mailing
>> list in these days averages around 80-90 emails a day). With 16000
>> packages in the distribution it's a reference :)
>
> That's what I keep hearing from everyone.  I've got a few friends that use
> it
> and they've been trying to get me to switch for a while now, that's why
> I'm
> looking for opinions about it.  I do like the strong support community
> though, that's always a bonus.
>
> - Josh