Spartan or not, It has not been said, but it sounds like Slackware is already installed on these machines. Is that true? If that is true, do these machines have files that need to be backed up and does it have to be Slackware?
Assuming Slackware is not required, I agree with Chris, I would recommend Ubuntu for desktops. You can go Slackware, but if you are not comfortable setting up Linux, Ubuntu would make more sense both in setting things up and in maintaining these over time. I would be more than happy to help, but I am out of state. If this is for a business, I would probably go with Ubuntu Hardy 8.04 because it is the LTS (Long Term Support) version. The things you want setup are very simple to do. The only thing that might take sometime is if any of the hardware requires special settings or drivers. Installing the packages listed above can be done with one command. The other questions I would ask are how many computers are we talking? Are they all the same or different (not a huge deal)? Assuming the hardware is all compatible, there is no "how well" in this situation. The person that in question either can or cannot do the job. Chris... On Sun, May 3, 2009 at 10:13 PM, Roger E. Rustad, Jr <[email protected] > wrote: > It's my opinion, Michael, that you should roll this yourself, as sluffing > it off to other people would only take away from the truly character > building distro that Slackware is. > > To continue with your Spartan analogy, this is like one Spartan asking > another to do his pushups for him or never really bothering to learn how to > sharpen his own spear. You're asking us to treat you like one of the women > of Athens, not like a true Spartan. > > You didn't choose some woosy distro with packages (slap-get...ha! I thnk we > can all laugh at that little joke). No, you chose to be "O.G." about your > distro, and now you want to pay someone else to pimp your Impala? WTH, dude? > I am reporting this violation to the Slackware authorities, and all the > intertubes will laugh. > > If Gentoo is for ricers, then what is Slackware for? And, more > importantly, what does that make you for wanting to trade cash to someone > else to do your dirty work here? > > _______________________________________________ > LinuxUsers mailing list > [email protected] > http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers > -- "As we open our newspapers or watch our television screens, we seem to be continually assaulted by the fruits of Mankind's stupidity." -Roger Penrose
