> > Wow! Welcome to the club! Maybe all Slackware users > > here could have an EB sometime. No discrimination though, > > imagine how enlightening it is to hear Slackware users > > share their own experiences to each and everyone. No > > distro flame or whatsoever. After that, EB with Redhat, > > Mandrake, and Debian people. It's like resonating on the > > same Wavelength...and that's POWERFUL! ;)
To me, one of the best aspects of Linux is that the primary mode of interaction with it has always been through the command line. The GUI tools may provide an easy introduction for beginners but for experienced users the most comprehensive functionality is always available via CLI tools. Slackware respects the user who understands that fact. The main intention of my Slackware advocacy to get more people to try out this distro and help preserve the primacy of the CLI which I am apprehensive about losing in the increasing 'Window-ization' of other linux distros. I think Debian does too, but now that I know how to compile, make and remove/install packages, and it turns out to be quite a clean process under Slackware, I find that I'd rather do my own compile and install from tar.gz source - I get better control over the process and avoid what I believe will be a lot of additional maintenance a ports system will require if you start making your own changes to source code. I'm not against GUIs and I'm all for gaining a more polished Linux GUI, but not at the cost of making CLI tools a mere afterthought like they tend to be under Windows. I strongly belive that all core functionality should be accessible via command line tools first and GUI ones 2nd. The GUI should be more of a wrapper over the CLI tools rather than a separate entity that adds its own features. > ----- btw, when will slack 9.0 come out? any projections? ;) I hope they take their time and make it good. The jump to 9.0 moniker is probably due to the move to gcc 3.x. _ 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]
