Linux Today: Linux News On Internet Time.
Search Linux Today
Linux News Sections:  Blog -  Developer -  High Performance -  Infrastructure -  IT Management -  Security -  Storage -
Linux Today Navigation
LT Home
Preferences
Contribute
Link to Us
Search
Linux Jobs

Linux Today
Enterprise Linux Today
Apache Today
JustLinux.com
Linux Planet
PHPBuilder
All Linux Devices
Technology Jobs

JustTechJobs.com

LinuxToday Newsletters
Server Daily
IT Management Daily
Subscribe News
Subscribe PR
Subscribe Security

internet.com
Internet News
Small Business

Advertise
Newsletters
Tech Jobs
E-mail Offers

 






Current Newswire:

SECURITY: Nmap Inside and Out

Eight features Windows 8 'borrowed' from Linux

Malware devs embrace open-source

A tale of two distros: Ubuntu and Linux Mint

Raspberry Pi benchmarked against Beagleboard, low price is long term

20 popular Ubuntu Linux apps you may want to try

A Selection of the Very Best Open Source Tutorials and Tools

Android Ice Cream Sandwich ported to x86 tablets, netbooks and notebooks

SECURITY: Google Chrome 17 Improves Security

How to read a CSV file in Perl?



Applications Management Engineer Sr (NYC)
Next Step Systems
US-NY-New York

Justtechjobs.com Post A Job | Post A Resume
:My Thoughts on Slackware 12.0
My Thoughts on Slackware 12.0
Mar 5, 2008, 10 :45 UTC (2 Talkback[s]) (5007 reads)

(Other stories by Daryle Bayless)

"I had always avoided Slackware because of its reputation for being very difficult to install and configure. I am not a computer professional, so possess the knowledge of a typical user. I just want things to work.

"I decided after a little bit of research to take the plunge. It is more effort intensive to install Slack than it is many of the distributions that are designed specifically for Windows refugees, but there is a great deal of help on the web in the form of Tutorials and wikis. It took the better part of a day to set up my system the way I want it to be set up, but after it was done my computer did EVERYTHING that I expect of a computer..."

Complete Story

Related Stories:
Slackware's "Magic Package Maker"(Dec 03, 2007)
Another Day Another Distro--Part 6--Slackware 12(Nov 06, 2007)
The Perfect Desktop--Slackware 12(Oct 11, 2007)
Slackware, the Un-Buntu(Sep 14, 2007)


Index Mode   |   Flat Mode   |   Thread Mode   |   Thread Flat  
  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
STABILITY!It really is not that difficul ...   The best thing about Slackware...   
CD Baric
Mar 5, 2008, 17:49:15
 
Yup, distros are born, distros are dead, ...   Ahh Slackware!   
Juan Carlos Garcia Ramirez
Mar 5, 2008, 17:54:09
 
  Home | Search Talkbacks | Customize View    Top of Page  



Enter your comments below:

* Your Name:

* Your Email Address:

* Subject:

CC: [will also send this talkback to an E-Mail address]

* Comments:

Tags allowed:<I>,<B> and <U>. See our talkback-policy for more about talkback content.

Fields marked with * are required!

..............................




All times are recorded in UTC.
Linux is a trademark of Linus Torvalds.
Powered by Linux, Apache and PHP