On Fri, 11 Sep 2009 23:33:56 -0400 Mark Cudworth <fldigi at markc.users.panix.com> wrote:
> Ed wrote: > > > I know Slackware is not for the faint of heart, but is it truly a > > mainstream distro anymore ? > > Plenty of people are still using it, and it is still actively > supported. What definition of mainstream can be used that isn't > subjective? Probably none Mark. However around 99% of the users on this list are using some form of Ubuntu. Unless you sre comfortable with Linux, then Slackware should not be your choice. I think we can all agree on that. > I am running Fldigi on Slackware 12.0, but I use the Hamcall paid > subscription. The lookup works fine on the first try. I haven't been > following this thread closely -- how is the no-subscription QRZ lookup > supposed to behave? I'll give it a try on my system. > Ed W3NR
