On Wed, 11 Dec 2002 at 20:32, Andy Sy wrote: > Once you know how to use its packaging system, you > will appreciate how unobtrusive and easy it is to > work with. Check out my earlier post in this > forum "A short and sweet Slackware package tutorial" > for tips. I consider this knowledge *essential* > to maintain a clean Slackware system and would have > appreciated having known it early in the game. Any > Slackware book that does not teach this simple, > yet important procedure properly or give a tip > on how to browse the installed packages info in > /var/adm/packages using grep is simply not doing its > job. > > There's a reason the Slackware package system hasn't > changed much over the years (people might call it > 'primitive' but I find it's actually better the way > it is) and that's because once you understand how > it works you really don't need much more. I don't > need or want automated dependency-checking - in > my experience, it's a _lot_ more trouble than it's > worth.
That's because it's Patrick's philosophy and Slackware's main goal...simple yet powerful. I've installed Slackware 3.2.0 way back in 99 and tried installing their latest beta which is 9.0.0, same installation procedure (only some minor changes). > > Slackware for me reflects the original Linux philosophy > of a simple, clean design much better than its more > heavily marketed competitors. Now that I understand > the guts of Linux system better, I can see that Slackware > adds virtually no additional baggage to the core > whereas other distros pile on a lot of useless makeup. > It also has been able to remain modern and up to date > in the packages it makes available. I just wish that Slackaware will soon shift to Gnome 2.0 ;( Slackware 9.0 Beta ------------------------------ pub 1024D/04BAE461 2002-10-22 -JhAzEr- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> sub 1024g/63BA0ABD 2002-10-22 Mobile Phone: 0920-2625725 Window Manager ---> Ratpoison-1.1.1 Email Client ---> Pygmy-0.6.0 Web Browser ---> Phoenix-0.5 (Naples) [gcc-3.2] [gnupg-1.2.0] [gpgme-0.3.9] _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fully Searchable Archives With Friendly Web Interface at http://marc.free.net.ph To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
