I just checked on mirrors.slackware.org ... Slack 2.0.0 from mid-1994 had right around 60 install disks. But that was with X, all the compilers, fonts, emacs, tex/latex etc. The base system required only three disks, though (and that set happened to fit on 1.2M floppies!)
On 2/28/22 10:58 AM, Peter Teuben wrote: > the number of floppies grew.... I do have a box with (60? but a lot), > if anybody wants them. > > On 2/28/22 10:41, Judah Milgram wrote: >> I seem to recall 60-plus floppies, but maybe that's because I installed >> X and everything else. X on a 486 (60 MHz?) with 8MB RAM... those were >> the days. It was still faster than the Sun 3/50 X-terminal they gave me >> when I first got to UMD. >> >> Why Slackware? >> 1) active user community >> 2) we know it well >> 3) simplicity itself >> 4) it has everything, either in the distro or on slackbuilds.org >> 5) if it's missing anything, roll your own slackbuild and contribute >> 6) everything is built and installed from the sources - no patched >> nothin' if it can be helped. >> 7) it really is an easy install >> 8) we hate and fear systemd >> 9) easy package management with slackpkg. Perhaps less automated but we >> like it that way. >> 10) nostalgia - UMLUG itself originated with a group order for Slack 1.2 >> CDROMs. (Kernel 1.1.59, I think :) >> >> I have looked at other distros but none seemed appealing enough to >> warrant switching. Others might ... it's a matter of taste. >> >> >> On 2/28/22 8:36 AM, Emery Rudolph wrote: >>> Yep, I had that same large stack of floppies and it was such an >>> accomplishment to finally arrive at a system that had all of the >>> components you needed, because so much had to be done from the command >>> line and understanding how to dig into the internals of Linux to get >>> everything to compile correctly. Those experiences made us very strong >>> OS folks, but today everything is so much easier. I haven't had to >>> compile a kernel for a very long time and my system runs like a top. I >>> prefer Debian based systems and have been using Linux Mint since it came >>> out. I tried Redhat and Fedora for a while, but once they were acquired >>> by Oracle, I knew it was not going to end well for personal users. >>> >>> Like everything else, Mint have their glitches, but I have been very >>> pleased with it thus far :-) >>> >>> ---------------- >>> Very Best Regards, >>> >>> Emery Rudolph, MS >>> >>> Director >>> >>> Division of Information Technology >>> >>> >>> >>> erudo...@umd.edu <mailto:erudo...@umd.edu> >>> >>> (301) 405-9379 >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Feb 28, 2022 at 8:28 AM Peter Teuben <teu...@umd.edu >>> <mailto:teu...@umd.edu>> wrote: >>> >>> I think you have to be nostalgic perhaps. I did indeed learn linux >>> on a 15 floppy install from slackware in 94, but I've gone to >>> redhat >>> for a while, and now quite a while I've been using kubuntu. All the >>> different distro's have good and bad sides. It's funny again >>> that a >>> 15 floppy install on an i486 takes not a lot longer than a USB key >>> install on a modern i9. >>> >>> On 2/28/22 08:22, Emery Rudolph wrote: >>>> Good morning, >>>> >>>> For those who are using Slackware, just wondering if you've >>>> considered using other distros? I learned Linux on Slackware in >>>> the early-mid 90's and grew quite adept at compiling and >>>> troubleshooting the OS, but as distros matured, including package >>>> management, I left it behind. Every distro has features that make >>>> them attractive to specific use cases, thus I am not throwing >>>> shade on anyone for using anything that appeals to them, but >>>> rather, I am interested in what features make Slackware an >>>> attractive distro in 2022. >>>> >>>> ---------------- >>>> Very Best Regards, >>>> >>>> Emery Rudolph, MS >>>> >>>> Director >>>> >>>> Division of Information Technology >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> erudo...@umd.edu <mailto:erudo...@umd.edu> >>>> >>>> (301) 405-9379 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Sun, Feb 27, 2022 at 9:43 PM Ben Stern >>>> <bst...@electromagnetic.net <mailto:bst...@electromagnetic.net>> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> On Mon, Feb 07, 2022 at 10:23:24AM -0500, Judah Milgram wrote: >>>> > If anyone (who cares) didn't notice, Slackware 15.0 came out >>>> last week. >>>> >>>> At 22:22:22 on 2/2/22. :-) >>>> >>>> I switched to 15.0 from current and I miss the giddy pace of >>>> daily updates. >>>> Current has immediately started breaking things, as promised >>>> by its nature, >>>> and I'm happy with 15.0 but it's an adjustment. :-) >>>> >>>> Now waiting for SBo to move to 15.0 so I can upgrade all of my >>>> SBo packages >>>> trivially. >>>> >>>> > If this isn't an occasion for an UMGLUG I don't know what >>>> is. Virtual I >>>> > suppose. >>>> >>>> A virtual UMGLUG has not been tried. I am eager to try one. >>>> >>>> Ben >>>> -- >>>> Ben Stern >>>> This space intentionally left blank. >>>> >>>> You received this email because you are subscribed to the UM >>>> Linux User's Group (UM-LINUX) mailing list. If you would like >>>> to unsubscribe from this list, simply send an email to >>>> lists...@listserv.umd.edu <mailto:lists...@listserv.umd.edu> >>>> with the message signoff UM-LINUX in the body. >>>> >>>> You received this email because you are subscribed to the UM Linux >>>> User's Group (UM-LINUX) mailing list. If you would like to >>>> unsubscribe from this list, simply send an email to >>>> lists...@listserv.umd.edu <mailto:lists...@listserv.umd.edu> with >>>> the message signoff UM-LINUX in the body. >>> You received this email because you are subscribed to the UM Linux >>> User's Group (UM-LINUX) mailing list. 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