Episode 164 on http://tllts.org/
http://tllts.org/mirror.php?fname=tllts_164-10-25-06.chatlog http://tllts.org/mirror.php?fname=tllts_164-10-25-06.mp3 http://tllts.org/mirror.php?fname=tllts_164-10-25-06.ogg Slackware's creator weigh in on why this distro is designed the way it is. I think it would be great for others to hear his reasons. I've managed quite a few linux servers out there already remotely for clients and for myself (Suse and Mandrake/Redhat), and even after all these years, I have to say, Slackware should be the logical choice for experienced users. Lots of interesting topics... 1:13 - intro (the big show!) 1:36 - Patrick Volkerding, creator of Slackware is our guest tonight 1:50 - Pat V. does some shout outs to the unofficial Slackware team 3:45 - Slackware is the oldest surviving distro, based on SLS Linux originally 6:22 - what was Pat V.'s first computer?, how Pat first heard of Linux 12:11 - early Linux distros, anyone ever try to buy Slackware? 14:10 - Pat V. likes to leave the packages in Slackware as vanilla as possible 18:12 - Slackware uses libmad to support mp3 playback out of the box, Pat likes open codecs 23:00 - Slackware package manager that does dependency checking? 28:30 - status of swaret and slapt-get?, alternate repositories of packages 32:40 - Pat V. considers Dropline as a fork of Slackware 34:30 - when will 2.6 be the default Slackware kernel, linuxquestions is the default forum for Slack 42:20 - Pat V. talks about udev, new things in Slackware 11 47:30 - eye candy for Slack in the future? Slackware for AMD64? 51:55 - will Pat V. ever hand over the lead of the Slackware project to someone else? 55:00 - use Slackware if you want to learn Linux, Slackware on both the server and desktop 59:40 - Apache 2 on Slackware?, other distros pushing on the desktop 66:10 - Pat V. talks about BSD, do you work on Slackware full time? 71:50 - what Pat likes to do in his spare time 79:40 - Vi or Emacs?, What distro do you run?, Slackware for the whole family, geek love 85:10 - Pat gives his thoughts on GPLv3 90:50 - Linc picks up a Nokia 770 after his laptop takes a dump, it's a fun little device 98:30 - external keyboards for hand held devices 99:20 - Linc does some book reviews (Python, embedded Linux, etc.) 104:50 - Tuxpaint just released a new version, gtk.PHP.net project 108:00 - Linux podcasts not supporting ogg, hating AAC based podcasts 112:00 - Ben puts up a TLLTS website on myspace, fighting Spam on the forum, bashpodder updates 118:05 - Dell is offering no OS machines for their desktop models 119:40 - wrapup (upcoming software releases (Firefox, Fedora Core, Ubuntu), frappr map shoutouts, next week's mystery guest) _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
