Actually, if you are just starting out into linux, Slackware is my
prefered installatoin. It is small enough (not as much crap to deal with)
that you don't have to worry about the overhead of Redhat. Also, it
allows you NOT to get into the NASTY RH habits. Yea...I know that RPMs
are absolutely the greatest ting under the sun, but it isn't the ONLY way
to do things. I think beginners should be forced to learn how to install
things without RPM...(make config, make dep, make clean, make install,
etc..:) you learn alot more on the Slackware System instead of the RH
sistem. However (putting on the fire retardent suit), i think RH is a
better distribution overall. There is lots more functionality in it (more
utilities, etc.). And it is alot more "professional" i think...just my
opinion. I would say Slackware is FAR from dead, but I do think that it
is consistantly farther behind than RedHat.
Douglas Wagner
On Fri, 11 Sep 1998, Druppy wrote:
> yes 3.5 was the first release in a long time. not nearly as frequently
> updated as redhat, suse, or debian what version was before 3.5? 3.3?
> and what kernel did that have? not to mention if its your first time
> using linux slak doesnt exactly make it nice and easy. upgrading? hmm
> not really. i ran slak before i ran redhat and it was a fine distro...
> i just dont see a lot of good things happening with it now...
>
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> On 11 Sep, twist. wrote:
> > Slak dead? That's ridiculous. v3.5 was released July '98 with kernel
> > version 2.0.34, X11 v3.3.2, egcs-1.03 (a better gcc) gcc-2.8.1, etc.
> >
> > See http://www.cdrom.com/titles/os/slackwar.htm fomodetails. You can
> > download it from ftp.cdrom.com, and of course, it's also available on cd
> > from http://www.cheapbytes.com/ for $1.99.
> >
> > I have Slakware 3.5 running on my Inspiron 3200, and it works wonderfully.
> > I installed from the bareapm.i and pcmcia.gz boot/rootdisk, and as I
> > recall, it had no problem recognizing my 3C562D/3C563D lan+modem card. And
> > I was especially pleased to see that redhat even put up a targzipped
> > version of the neomagic X server for us anti-rpm people!
> >
> > And Brad, as far as problems installing the pcmcia-cs package, it helps if
> > you have the linux kernel source tree installed. Maybe you didn't install
> > the source, or maybe you didn't install it where you told the pcmcia-cs
> > install script you installed it?
> >
> > Sorry for replying to two people at time...
> >
> > At 09:55 AM 9/11/98 -0700, you wrote:
> >>i would suggest you do an FTP install of RedHat 5.1 or Debian or
> >>something other than slakware... seeing as the last release was so long
> >>ago, it is my opinion that slak is dead. if you dont wanna do a ftp
> >>install then i suggest you get the InfoMagic 6cd set (usually most
> >>computer/comp book stores have this) or go to www.cheapbytes.com and
> >>order a cd for like 1.99$....
> >>
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> >>On 11 Sep, Stewart, Brad wrote:
> >>> Hello, my name is Brad Stewart. I recently downloaded a copy of linux
> >>> (slackware v3.3) off the internet. I am trying to install it on my
> >>> inspiron 3000 and am having dificulties getting it to recognize my 3com
> >>> 3c589D PCMCIA card.
> >>>
> >>> I downloaded the PCMCIA kernel mod PCMCIA-cs-3.0.0.5, gunziped and
> >>> untared it. Moved into the resulting directory and run "make config."
> >>> What follows is the results:
> >>>
> >>> I take the defaults on all prompts.
> >>> Linux source directory [/usr/src/linux]
> >>>
> >>> expr: syntax error
> >>> The kernel source tree is version ...
> >>> WARNING: The current kernel is actually version 2.0.30
> >>> The current kernel build date is Tue Jun 24 03:49:52 1997
> >>>
> >>> It continues to ask me questions, which I take the defaults for:
> >>> The last question that I answer is the "Read from the current kernel"
> >>> question. It pauses for a few seconds. Then I get:
> >>>
> >>> Extracting kernel symbole versions ...
> >>> kernel config optsions ...
> >>> stuff
> >>> stuff
> >>> stuff
> >>>
> >>> This package requires either a 1.2 series 1.2.8 or higher, a 1.3 series
> >>> 1.3.30 or higher, any 1.99
> >>> series kernel or any 2.0 or 2.1 series kernel.
> >>>
> >>> Make: * * * [config] error 1
> >>>
> >>> and then I'm back at the command prompt.
> >>>
> >>> I played around with this all day yesterday, trying different versions
> >>> of the PCMCIA patch and got the same results on three different
> >>> versions. I'm out of ideas, except maybe reloading linux. If nyone has
> >>> any suggestions it would be appreciated.
> >>>
> >>> Thanks,
> >>> Brad
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> ************************************************************************
> >>> *****
> >>> Bradley A. Stewart
> >>> C4I Mobile Systems
> >>> Phone: (843) 974-5079
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