Day Brown wrote: > > Why is there no man entry for ldd? There is! I just did 'man ldd' on my Slackware system and got three screens of documentation. Even BasicLinux has an ldd manpage (in the HD version). Perhaps your system does not have the full set of man pages? If you are missing any others, you can read the man pages here: -------------------------------------- http://www.ichannel.gr/cgi-bin/man.cgi -------------------------------------- I just went there and did a query for ldd. No problem.
> if they offer a distro slimmed down to just what a single > user at his own pc needs, it'll be a considerable improvement > in functionality. This is an attractive idea, but it's a slippery slope. The needs of the 'single user at his own pc' vary tremendously. One user needs a powerful editor with all the bells+whistles; another needs a simple, easy-to-use editor. One needs support for his (non-English) native language; another needs support for his speech synthesizer. One needs a hi-res gaming; another needs ultra-secure email. One needs a fancy desktop with all the latest gadgets; another needs an efficient desktop for his survPC. The list goes on and on. In the end, if you try to accommodate all the needs of all the 'single users', you end up with a big distribution. And why not? All this stuff is free, so you might as well fill the CD. And CDs are cheap to produce, so you might as well fill a few more. > Why for instance, do I havta wait an extra ten seconds during > boot for the distro to check for new hardware? Because your "user friendly" distribution assumes you are an idiot and tries to do everything for you. If you don't like being treated like an idiot, try a different distribution. Cheers, Steven ____________________________________________________ Linux for old PCs: http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~ichi To unsubscribe from SURVPC send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe SURVPC in the body of the message. Also, trim this footer from any quoted replies. More info can be found at; http://www.softcon.com/archives/SURVPC.html
